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I currently have a 7.1 system configured as follows; (electronics wise)
1 - Marantz AV7704 Sound processor.
2 - Emotiva XPA-1 Gen 1 (Front L/R speakers)
1 - Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 1 (Surrounds)
1 - Emotiva XPA-3 Gen 1 (Center & rears)
I am about to add in ceiling mounted height speakers. One option to drive these speakers is a Sherbourn 5/1500 of which I would use 4 channels for the 4 height speakers. I own this amplifier, and it is sitting in my garage.
As you might imagine that would be a fairly large and heavy assemblage of equipment. It would mean something, probably my Blu-Ray player, DVR & other assorted electronics would need to come out of the "credenza" and sit on top of my center channel speaker so the Sherbourn would fit inside.
An alternative would be to sell my Sherbourn and my Emotiva XPA-3 replacing them with a Monoprice Monolith 7.
The question alluded to by the title is, what, if anything would be lost (or gained) sound wise by downsizing from ~150 lbs of amplifiers to ~93 lbs of amplifier?
I realize this is an over simplification and the pros and cons could take up a page or two, but I was hoping for some feedback from some folks who may have experience with this sort of dilemma.
I suspect I could sell the two amps I have for $600-$900 and buy the Monoprice for $1,599. Out of pocket would be ~$800-$900 which, being the penurious person I would prefer to avoid.
1 - Marantz AV7704 Sound processor.
2 - Emotiva XPA-1 Gen 1 (Front L/R speakers)
1 - Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 1 (Surrounds)
1 - Emotiva XPA-3 Gen 1 (Center & rears)
I am about to add in ceiling mounted height speakers. One option to drive these speakers is a Sherbourn 5/1500 of which I would use 4 channels for the 4 height speakers. I own this amplifier, and it is sitting in my garage.
As you might imagine that would be a fairly large and heavy assemblage of equipment. It would mean something, probably my Blu-Ray player, DVR & other assorted electronics would need to come out of the "credenza" and sit on top of my center channel speaker so the Sherbourn would fit inside.
An alternative would be to sell my Sherbourn and my Emotiva XPA-3 replacing them with a Monoprice Monolith 7.
The question alluded to by the title is, what, if anything would be lost (or gained) sound wise by downsizing from ~150 lbs of amplifiers to ~93 lbs of amplifier?
I realize this is an over simplification and the pros and cons could take up a page or two, but I was hoping for some feedback from some folks who may have experience with this sort of dilemma.
I suspect I could sell the two amps I have for $600-$900 and buy the Monoprice for $1,599. Out of pocket would be ~$800-$900 which, being the penurious person I would prefer to avoid.
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