- May 18, 2010
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I love the convenience of AVR with single cable HDMI connectivity,easy switching, room calibration and a lot valuable center Channel convenience - All this is great for Movie watching and I would not trade my AVR for anything else when comes to movies (Home Cinema is NOT dead😉 )
But of late, I am sensing a lot of fatigue with extended sessions of music listening (more than 30-60 min of music listening). Apparently none / most of the recent receivers reviews that I have read talk about the fatigue factor where as when I read the reviews from older times (late 90's / early 2000), mostly Stereo Amps reviews, they have some mention of fatigue factor.
Is Fatigue addressed effectively by modern AVR and so no one talks about them any more? Though I want to know answer for this purely academic reasons, I am actually looking for a solution for Some unfortunate souls like me, who might still be having challenges with fatigue.
Can this be solved by adding a Power Amplifier to AVR and if yes what factors should be considered? I have been reading a little more about the Power Amps (Both Multichannel and Stereo Power Amps) and I am trying to get a realistic understanding about
1) Wattage Output - I kind of remember reading at many places that a 200WPC stereo Power Amp will beat a 100WPC stereo Power Amp in terms of SQ even at lower volumes and give more full base. I am actually considering Rotel RB990BX. Please advice if this will help in reducing the fatigue (as the distortion might be very low due to a dedicated stereo Power Amp)
2) Damping Factor - These number are tough to decrypt for me. Some are in 100s and for some amps it is more than a 1000 and it feels like a mssive jump. Does this mean anything for a modern day loudspeaker (like CM7 that I have) and if I don't intend to change my speakers in near to medium future?
3) MultiChannel vs Stereo Power Amps - Here comes the monetary part. It looks like a well maintained 200WPC stereo power amp could be obtained for 500 Pounds where as even for 140-160WPC 7 channel Power amp (NAD 25M or T975) would cost upward 1500 Pounds used. I am sure that Per watt price of a Multichannel power amp is cheaper but given the fact that this trigger is primarily to reduce the fatigue, would a multichannel power amp makes sense? The other argument could be I could take the path of separates in AV and the Multichannel Power Amp would serve almost for eternity.
4) Integrated vs Power Stereo Amp - I tried integrated before but they are too expensive when I looked at Per Watt pricing and SQ was not hugely enhanced (With Maratnz PM7003) but if some one strongly believes that this is a good alternatively please make specific suggestions
I am fine to spend up to 2000 Pounds (primarily from the used market but the lesser the better) on the power amps only if some one else also believes that I am going to benefit for sure.
Also please recommend any other Power Amps which I should consider from 500 to 2000 Pound price range. I know it is wide but I am like rest of us (if we believe that a 1000 pound more spending today will seal the SQ for sure in a lot better way why not?!)
I primarily listen to my music through Mac Mini and for sure I want to retain AVR or some other separate which accepts HDMI.
Looking forward to read from you.
But of late, I am sensing a lot of fatigue with extended sessions of music listening (more than 30-60 min of music listening). Apparently none / most of the recent receivers reviews that I have read talk about the fatigue factor where as when I read the reviews from older times (late 90's / early 2000), mostly Stereo Amps reviews, they have some mention of fatigue factor.
Is Fatigue addressed effectively by modern AVR and so no one talks about them any more? Though I want to know answer for this purely academic reasons, I am actually looking for a solution for Some unfortunate souls like me, who might still be having challenges with fatigue.
Can this be solved by adding a Power Amplifier to AVR and if yes what factors should be considered? I have been reading a little more about the Power Amps (Both Multichannel and Stereo Power Amps) and I am trying to get a realistic understanding about
1) Wattage Output - I kind of remember reading at many places that a 200WPC stereo Power Amp will beat a 100WPC stereo Power Amp in terms of SQ even at lower volumes and give more full base. I am actually considering Rotel RB990BX. Please advice if this will help in reducing the fatigue (as the distortion might be very low due to a dedicated stereo Power Amp)
2) Damping Factor - These number are tough to decrypt for me. Some are in 100s and for some amps it is more than a 1000 and it feels like a mssive jump. Does this mean anything for a modern day loudspeaker (like CM7 that I have) and if I don't intend to change my speakers in near to medium future?
3) MultiChannel vs Stereo Power Amps - Here comes the monetary part. It looks like a well maintained 200WPC stereo power amp could be obtained for 500 Pounds where as even for 140-160WPC 7 channel Power amp (NAD 25M or T975) would cost upward 1500 Pounds used. I am sure that Per watt price of a Multichannel power amp is cheaper but given the fact that this trigger is primarily to reduce the fatigue, would a multichannel power amp makes sense? The other argument could be I could take the path of separates in AV and the Multichannel Power Amp would serve almost for eternity.
4) Integrated vs Power Stereo Amp - I tried integrated before but they are too expensive when I looked at Per Watt pricing and SQ was not hugely enhanced (With Maratnz PM7003) but if some one strongly believes that this is a good alternatively please make specific suggestions
I am fine to spend up to 2000 Pounds (primarily from the used market but the lesser the better) on the power amps only if some one else also believes that I am going to benefit for sure.
Also please recommend any other Power Amps which I should consider from 500 to 2000 Pound price range. I know it is wide but I am like rest of us (if we believe that a 1000 pound more spending today will seal the SQ for sure in a lot better way why not?!)
I primarily listen to my music through Mac Mini and for sure I want to retain AVR or some other separate which accepts HDMI.
Looking forward to read from you.
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