Those Parasound and Rotel models are going to sound different from each other. Hard to know which would be a better match for what you're looking for. What would you say are your top goals from the sound reproduction of the amplifier?
B&W 805 D4: which 5 channel power amp should I go with (home theater): Parasound or Rotel
Hearing Hans Zimmer score play during scenes from The Dark Knight, Inception & Interstellar is life changing. The 805 D4 works great for l/r speaker for movies. Of course I need to add a center channel which would either be the HTM81 D4 or the HTM82 D4 but I’ll save that for another discussion.
Here are the power amps I’m looking at:
Parasound:
- Halo A 51
- Halo A 52+
Rotel:
- RMB-1585
- RMB-1585MKII
I’m not able to go into an audio store to test out power amps so I would like your expert opinion on which might work better with these speakers or if you have any recommendations for 5 channel power amp then I would gladly go take a look at those online.
Thank you for your time.
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This is as good or better than anything else you’ll find, and that it’s only $1200 is a bonus… https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650007959-mccormack-ht-5-power-amp/ Plus, if you like what you hear and get the itch you can send it to SMcAudio and have them modify it to a SOTA amp. Best of luck. |
maxwave - The fronts will be 805d4. Center I'm looking at the HTM81 D4. I'm in a small dedicated home theater room (10x13). I plan to add room treatment by Spring. Just need help picking out the right power amp for me. I'll check out ATI :) For surrounds I'm not sure. I don't really care as I'm really just focus on the 3 front speakers. I might not add surrounds but I'd like to be future proof.
For subs I'm looking at SVS pb2000/pb3000 and Perlisten R210S/12S |
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