Mid to High End Multichannel Amp. Which One?
I will soon be moving to a fairly large house with fairly large TV room 80X60 with 10 foot ceiling. My present equipment which is a Yamaha 2095 may not be able to fill up the room. I am thinking of hooking it up to a 5 channel amplifier but what I want is an amplifier that gives clean, warm sound on instrumental music, classical as well as clear vocals. I also would like to use it on home theater half of the time. My usage is 50/50 for music and HT.
My minimum power requirement is 200wX5 and my budget is U$2000.00. I want to keep this amp for a very long time so reliability is also very important to me.
My present gear is the following.
Yamaha RXV2095
B&W 602 S3 Front
B&W LCR 600 S3 for the Center
JBL E100 for the rear
Bose 301 for the front effects
JBL S120PII Subwoofer
MarantzDV8400 DVD player
What would brand of multichannel power amplifier would be perfect for my usage.
By the way, I am in no way an audiophile. I just want a clean, warm, undistorted sound even at higher volumes.
Later on, I will be upgrading some of my speakers to B&W 800 Series if needed. But for now, I will see if my present setup can take my planned amplifier upgrade.
TIA.
Are you sure about those measurements?
Your house isn't just fairly large, it's a freakin' mansion! That's a 4800s.f. media room and waaay larger than an average house. If you're trying to fill that much space you'll likely need multiple subs and there is no way the 602's will fill that much space, regardless of wattage. For vast space like that I would think you'd either need some monsters like Focal/JM Lab Grand Utopia's, Avant Garde horns, or some used Klipschorns at the least.