What Amplifier?

[Lefteris]

Hello

I have a set of B&W speakers and I'm in the search of a decent power amp that will give the best out of the system. More specifically, I have pair of 604S3s for fronts, an LCR600S3 for center and a pair of 602S3s. The trick is that I mostly listen to music, so primarily I need an amp that can produce power but with sufficient detail in the spectrum, but I also want the kick in the sound when a dvd is being played. I've been running that speaker ste for 3-4 years now with just a petty sony receiver, and I'm a bit tired of it.

I have in mind the rotel 1095 and the anthem mca 50, so I'm thinking that kind of price margin.

Thanks for the help! :B

[subynube]

Look into Emotiva. High power ratings at a fraction of the cost of Rotel. Quite well received along the online community. Feel free to do a search for Emotiva, and you will find a lot of happy customers.

http://www.emotiva.com/

In fact, you can go for the Emotiva XPA-5, which is rated at similar wattage for 5 channels to the Rotel 1095, for at least one thousand dollars less MSRP than Rotel.

[artv4]

Hello

I have a set of B&W speakers and I'm in the search of a decent power amp that will give the best out of the system. More specifically, I have pair of 604S3s for fronts, an LCR600S3 for center and a pair of 602S3s. The trick is that I mostly listen to music, so primarily I need an amp that can produce power but with sufficient detail in the spectrum, but I also want the kick in the sound when a dvd is being played. I've been running that speaker ste for 3-4 years now with just a petty sony receiver, and I'm a bit tired of it.

I have in mind the rotel 1095 and the anthem mca 50, so I'm thinking that kind of price margin.

Thanks for the help! :B

i tried the anthem mca 50 at my local hifi store (digitalsoundva.com). runs really warm but smooth response for ht. the rotel 1095 sounds better to me personally and is quite cool even for prolong usage