Adding an Amp

potee
potee Posts: 610
edited October 2010 in Speakers
Just curious do you think adding a 5 channel amp to my system would be worth the cost? My room is 15 X 12. Not really thinking about loudness more about the sound and clearness of the sound.

Also thinking about changeing the Monitor 40,s for dipole bipoles.

PoTee
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited October 2010
    Speakers all benefit from external amps, but I've heard the Monitors are pretty damn efficient and run perfectly fine powered by an AVR.

    Hopefully others will chime in on the differences, but I'll be sure that even those speakers will benefit. Get ready for more detail+dynamics even at lower listening volumes. ;)

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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited October 2010
    kawizx9r wrote: »
    Speakers all benefit from external amps, but I've heard the Monitors are pretty damn efficient and run perfectly fine powered by an AVR.

    Hopefully others will chime in on the differences, but I'll be sure that even those speakers will benefit. Get ready for more detail+dynamics even at lower listening volumes. ;)

    -Freddy

    +1! wut up Freddy!
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited October 2010
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    +1! wut up Freddy!

    +1 to that +1 :D

    Sup David!

    Man, I need to get another 2-channel going. All this talk about audio (on an audio forum :p) make me miss sitting down and enjoying some music.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited October 2010
    kawizx9r wrote: »
    +1 to that +1 :D

    Sup David!

    Man, I need to get another 2-channel going. All this talk about audio (on an audio forum :p) make me miss sitting down and enjoying some music.

    If your ever on the east coast your more than welcome here bro.;)
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited October 2010
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    If your ever on the east coast your more than welcome here bro.;)

    Drinks are on you right? ;)

    Never ventured out that far east other than Florida and South Kakilaki (Carolina for some of you), who knows maybe for Polkfest one of these years.

    And to the OP, what's your budget? We're always welcome to spend other peoples cash for them :D:D:D
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  • Hawkeye
    Hawkeye Posts: 1,313
    edited October 2010
    Before you purchase any amp, ask yourself, what do I think is missing or I want more of? Sometimes an amp may not be the right first choice.

    I had some very fine gear in the early eighties that I either sold off or traded to "get" an amp and other gear. There was no Internet to look for advise, just magazines. Some of the gear I let go would have served me well today.

    There may be other things you can do before changing or adding pieces in the never ending quest for the "sound"

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  • potee
    potee Posts: 610
    edited October 2010
    Thanks for your imputs I think that I'll mull this over a little longer. I would like a chance to hear someones system with and with out an Amp. Or better yet hear my setup with an Amp.

    PoTee
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  • jayman_1975
    jayman_1975 Posts: 672
    edited October 2010
    I had a Polk Monitor set up awhile back and ran it first off of an Arcam AVR300 receiver. It sounded great.
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