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Advantages of monoblocks

Hey all,

The merry-go-round, which had stopped for a while, is now showing signs of a slow circular movement. In nautical and financial terms this is usually never a good sign.

Anyhow, I'm running a quite good LSA Statement integrated now, powering de Capo BE monitors. I was wondering if monoblocks and a good pre-amp would be a better way to go?

I last had monoblocks when I ran Rogue M120's about a decade ago befor moving on to an ARC VS-110.

Would monoblocks present a significant advantage over a single amplifier or over the tremendous LSA?

They would have to be used and my budget is $4K max.

Cheers,

simao
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bvdiman
491 posts
 
I'd focus and put more emphasis on quality instead rather than get caught in the stereo/mono thing.
bvdiman
491 posts
 
Simao, you've already own one formidable amp which to really better it at least needing
a two to three times jump from your current allocated budget.

I would think using the fund (going separate needing 2xICs) to upgrade your current
IC/SC or investing in good PCs instead (if you haven't done so), these would usually yield
a worthwhile improvements, ime. ~ ie.maximizing on what you have first.
bvdiman
491 posts
 
Al, maybe my previous message came across as sounding not quite right.. :)
What I'm trying to convey was that the money saved from not needing to buy another
pair of IC (if Simao is to go separate) would be better spent to upgrade existing
cabling/maximizing current system instead.
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