This is something I'm hung up on. Of course, I would love to have 7 JC-1 mono amps, one for each home theater channel, (talking 2 rear surround speakers, just to be clear) but just don't have the funds. In choosing whether to go with the A51 and A21 for a total of 7 channels, or the A52 and A23, it's a bit tougher of a choice.
Just as the A51 is perfectly matched to the A21 for home theater solutions, the A23 is perfectly matched to the A52. So it's not like one pair will match better with itself than the other.
The big difference in specs not surprisingly seems to come down to price and power. A23/52 put out 125W continuous RMS, whereas the A21/51 put out 250W. 125W isn't all that much, but is it enough? I would always like to have more power. But I don't know if my budget could fit the A21/51.
I currently have a very nice Klipsch speaker set. Klipsch speakers are very efficient, as a rule, requiring much less power. I think I could probably drive them just fine with only 125W per channel right now. But I always think long term, down the road. If I upgrade the theater speakers in the future to something very high end, most of those speakers are MUCH, much less efficient and require more power. I'd rather not have to buy another set of amps then in addition to the speakers.
The A21/51 set looks cooler, I must say, with the much larger size.
Thoughts?
CHRIS
Luke: "Hey, I'm not such a bad pilot myself, you know"
Just as the A51 is perfectly matched to the A21 for home theater solutions, the A23 is perfectly matched to the A52. So it's not like one pair will match better with itself than the other.
The big difference in specs not surprisingly seems to come down to price and power. A23/52 put out 125W continuous RMS, whereas the A21/51 put out 250W. 125W isn't all that much, but is it enough? I would always like to have more power. But I don't know if my budget could fit the A21/51.
I currently have a very nice Klipsch speaker set. Klipsch speakers are very efficient, as a rule, requiring much less power. I think I could probably drive them just fine with only 125W per channel right now. But I always think long term, down the road. If I upgrade the theater speakers in the future to something very high end, most of those speakers are MUCH, much less efficient and require more power. I'd rather not have to buy another set of amps then in addition to the speakers.
The A21/51 set looks cooler, I must say, with the much larger size.
Thoughts?
CHRIS
Luke: "Hey, I'm not such a bad pilot myself, you know"
I know it's just a receiver) have to work much, much harder to produce "good" volume levels. I've not had to push it to clipping or increased distortion levels or anything like that, but it runs much warmer - even hot at times. Plus, the extra - in this case double - power per channel will generally give you better dynamics, control and low-level detail.
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