Go with the 1.25s, those are a night and day difference. I have both the MC462 and the 1.25kw you can’t compare them different levels and different leagues.
Talk me out of buying Monoblocks and into a stereo amp instead
I am planning on buying a McIntosh system. It is a system I have been wanting a very long time. No need to suggest any other brand... I am set on this one.
I am going to get the CP 12000 preamp for sure. However, I can’t decide between a pair of MC611’s monoblocks or the MC-462 stereo amp. It seems like for $6k, the mono blocks are not much more in price and I get a lot more audio for the extra $6k.
Talk me out of buying the monoblocks! Tell me your experience if you had both? Do you like stereo amps better after owning monoblocks? Tell me why.
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Monoblocs all the way baby. @tomic601 You are right about the vette/porsche analogy. |
The benefits of a mono block amplifier system are essentially more power and current for your speakers per pound of amplifier. A 2000 watt stereo amplifier would be physically much larger and heavier than a single 1000 watt mono amplifier. It would be most impractical to ship, install, move and maintain. Much easier to deal with two boxes at a percentage of the weight of the single 2000 watt amp. Mono blocks are for very demanding speakers in very large rooms. You are talking about a practical way to deliver massive quantity, not necessarily quality. |
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