Going monoblock?

Sell it and move on..but if you love the 252/famous mac house sound) dont buy the 452..I go with a 402 or 501s...

Monoblocks give you an entire amp dedicated to one speaker, and no crosstalk, which corresponds to better separation, wider soundstage, better dynamics, and sometimes improved clarity, but there are lots of variables.

You could always ask Sonus Faber what they recommend.

To me the most noticeable to me was an improvement in dynamics and more pronounced transients in the material. I believe that’s due mainly to each channel having its own power supply stage. When channels share a power supply you are robbing Peter to pay Paul. 

When channels share a power supply you are robbing Peter to pay Paul.


That's not always true my amps power supply is bigger than most monoblocks combined.

When channels share a power supply you are robbing Peter to pay Paul.

That's not always true my amps power supply is bigger than most monoblocks combined.

It is always true. There is no such thing as a power supply that will not suffer from this. Some are just better at dealing with it than others.

The only way to prevent this in a stereo amplifier is by adopting a "dual mono" design - two monoblocks in one chassis