I posted a while back asking if it was ok to have one long 16ft cable and a 6ft one and everybody wrote in saying this would make no audible difference. I would like to have the gear off to the side with nothing in between the speakers but an imaginary artist /band etc.

I hate the idea of my gear sitting between my speakers, and this might sound ridiculous but with the great soundstage and imaging I almost perceive the sound coming from the gear when it sits in the middle. Kojiki - are you sure about the twice better cable bit? My dealer told me the best length cable to have was 14 ft, but then again the 14ft length was all he had in stock (hehe). As I said, I am a newbee and might be missing something though. Oh, Mapman, the point about the amp drawing and delivering more current - I have read that you should plug all your audio gear into the same circuit if possible, in that case it seems that there would be no benefit as you are still taking current from the same place. I am new to all this but I wouldn't imagine dedicated power cords would make much of an audible difference, and Kojiki, you might gain in shorter speaker cable but lose in longer interconnects.Īnyway, just playing devils advocate here and am still not seeing much advantage, in fact I would call hauling around two blocks more of a disadvantage, still, I notice most of the serious audiophiles use monoblocks so there must be some real advantage. That is, on the flexibility of amp placement (I guess you mean you can have them off to the sides), but you would still be stuck because of the interconnects unless you bought longer ones (a disadvantage). And if all your monoblock amplifiers run in Class A mode they could pull more power from your AC mains than a single multi-channel unit, but I consider these two nits small in comparison to the advantages gained by using monophonic rather than multi-channel power amplifiers.Thanks guys - I still am not seeing that much of an advantage though. There have been times when coming up with enough high-quality AC cables and routing all that AC cabling properly was far more of a challenge than the multi-channel amplifier that had been in place.

Is there any disadvantage to monoblock power amplifiers? The only two I can think of are the additional AC cords and connections required over a multi-channel unit. They’ve spent most of their time in my desktop rig, but I’m thinking of adding a third amp so they can handle front three-channel duties as well. Finally I have a pair of April Music S1 amps which can be used either as stereo or bridged mono. I also own three Bel Canto M-300 monoblock amps that have also seen use in every possible situation (including as headphone amps for Stax earspeakers). I have five Bryston Powerpac 120 monoblocks that I’ve been used over the last ten years for front, side, rear, subwoofers, and even as PA amps. I currently own and use monoblock amplifiers from three firms. Need another channel? Just grab one from the shelf… I can keep them on higher shelves, because they weigh less and are easier to lift and carry. Storage is easier with monoblock amps as well. And if one amplifier does decide to let the smoke out (stop working), I’m only down one channel, not two, three, four or five. I can put the power amplifier for each speaker near each speaker and use short speaker cables. I also prefer the ease of setting up mono amps to three-or-more channel amps. I prefer to do my heavy lifting at the gym… Don’t get me wrong, I love a power amplifier with a big, hefty, well-made transformers, but I’m not crazy about carrying around one with multiplicity of heavy-duty transformers.

Mono power amps have only one channel of amplification inside so they’re usually lighter, smaller, and easier to carry than multichannel amps. I’m a big fan of monoblocks for several reasons. My first thought was to suggest the most excellent Pass X-150.3 three-channel amplifier that I’ve used with my Dunlavy SC VI speakers for the past ten years, but then I thought to myself, “Why not monoblock power amplifiers?” It was from someone who was looking for recommendations for a three-channel amplifier. Yesterday I was looking through the posts on one of the audiophile websites, when I noticed one that caught my attention.

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