Parasound RULES! I use a pair of A52's with my Linkwitz Lab lx521.4's and paid less than $900 for each. There are several discontinued Parasound 5 channel amps at varying power ratings and they all sound fine! Arcam and Rotel are in value leader positions. They make fine sounding products at affordable price points! Yes, I also have audiophile approved Pass Labs electronics. Remember that multichannel is a pain in the rear for most high end manufacturers to market. Just call Pass Labs about their X-3 and X-5 multichannel amps. By the way, if you know about a X-5 for sale please contact me.
Used 5ch Amp (Classe, Krell, Rotel)
Looking for a really good used 5 channel amp. I do not want to spend $1000ss on a brand new amp.
So far my brief research has led me to Classe 5200 and Krell Chorus 5200 and they are a little pricy even used. Not sure if I want to pay 4k for a krell or classe yet! I have listened to Parasound & Mac but I did not prefer its darkish sound. Currently I have dynaudio c20 speakers as 2ch and Paradigm center and 4 towers in the back and they are being powered by Rotel RMB 1075 and the preamp section is Arcam AVR 550. I do 50% music & 50% movies. Again looking for an amp that will sound much better than my current Rotel RMB 1075 amp! Any advise would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!
So far my brief research has led me to Classe 5200 and Krell Chorus 5200 and they are a little pricy even used. Not sure if I want to pay 4k for a krell or classe yet! I have listened to Parasound & Mac but I did not prefer its darkish sound. Currently I have dynaudio c20 speakers as 2ch and Paradigm center and 4 towers in the back and they are being powered by Rotel RMB 1075 and the preamp section is Arcam AVR 550. I do 50% music & 50% movies. Again looking for an amp that will sound much better than my current Rotel RMB 1075 amp! Any advise would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!