stereo amp vs monoblocks, any advantages?

I'll take a well designed/well built stereo amp over its' poorly designed/poorly designed Chinese (insert your favorite third would country and/or bargain basement manufacturer here) built monoblocks any day.

Two chassis in and of themselves mean nothing.

Correction.

Should have read "poorly designed/poorly built".

First post was poorly proof read with poor reading skills in poor lighting.

You need monoblocks if the power requirements exceed 1,000 watts per channel, otherwise they are just a luxury.

You can test for crosstalk in a stereo amp by unplugging the left input cable, and listening to the left speaker. It's usually pretty quiet.

Thanks Daviakine. Question - what do you mean by crosstalk?

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I'll have to go with cool also. Monobloc...man, that just sounds cool. Even cooler when you spell it without the "k".
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