Mono blocks are better or Stereo power amp?

It all depends on the amp there have been great stereo amplifiers and crappy monos and vice versa.

In theory a mono block will be better but it is not necessarily so!

As per Audio Feil's comment quite frankly my Hurricane's outperformed a $11,000.00 very famous American made Stereo amplifier which by all accounts should have wiped the floor with the ASL! So again get off the band wagon that just because something is a mono or is more expensive or is a stereo amp or a mono it is better or worse.

Personally I have heard the JL 2 and the build quality is amazing I just was never blown away with the sound! You can also overspend and over build!

As with anything else listen and let the sound be your guide.

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To Jafox, the $11,000.00 amplifier was a VAC PHI 110

the JL 2 was at Sound by Singer set up with Wilson Audio X1 a CAT preamplifier, Transparent Reference XL cables and the front end was a DCS Elgar stack.

As per your attack on the Hurricanes Harry Pearson has raved over these amplfiers as well, and Albert Salvatore has also raved over them.

Are the Hurricanes the best amplifiers in the world hardly, I would like to hear Bill Bakeers balls to the walls version, I bet those are really impressive.

I will stick to my guns Ken builds a great preamp and amplifiers which sound good to me but I wouldn't spend the money on.

To be honest with you the only high power expensive tube amplifier that comes unmodified I would probably buy today is the VTL S 400 great amp, great technology and great build quality.