belial Posted January 26, 2002 Share Posted January 26, 2002 I've got a Denon 3802 and the Klipsch ref. series. I'm looking to add a seperate power amp. Any suggestions, under $500? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted January 26, 2002 Share Posted January 26, 2002 I was looking at the exact same combo (3802 + ref) and I am probably going to add a POA5200 by Denon. Don'T know whether it's in your price range, but it seems to be a product of excellent quality, with the same signature Denon sound, which works so well with Klipsch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wife-said-no Posted January 26, 2002 Share Posted January 26, 2002 Seperate power amp? How much power and how many channels? You could pick up a lot of different amps for under $500. Or you could get a Marantz monoblock amp for aroung that price. ------------------ Come on honey why can't I spend some more money? Home Theater Car Audio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake2 Posted January 26, 2002 Share Posted January 26, 2002 An alegedly 11 month old Acurus A200x5 went on Ebay for $450 early this morning. Broke my heart to see it too late -- I'd have bought it in a heartbeat. Also saw an A250 go for about the same price. Ugh!! Doug ------------------ My System Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belial Posted January 27, 2002 Author Share Posted January 27, 2002 Thanks to all of you for responding! I have a Denon 3802, driving Klipsch RB-5s, RC-3 center, KSW12 subwoofer, etc. I have pretty much narrowed it down to these two monoblocks: the nOrh Le Amp vs Marantz MA-6100 The Marantz puts out 125 watts into 8 ohms. The nOrh is rated at 100 watts. I know that information by itself is pretty meaningless. People who have them, really seem to love the nOrh. I haven't heard as much about the Marantz. I hate to say it, but in my personal opinion, the nOrh looks kind of silly. It has a big silver face plate that makes it look like a toaster, and blobby fat silver feet, while the Marantz would fit in a lot better with my all black HT setup...Maybe I could hide the nOrh, I don't know. In the end, sound should of course be the deciding factor... So--if you have heard either of these, please give me your opinion! And, even if you HAVEN'T heard them, but think you have something of value to add, well, I'll listen to you too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wife-said-no Posted January 27, 2002 Share Posted January 27, 2002 I auditioned the Marantz mono blocks once. They are truely amazing. They were being played through some top line NHT so I can't vouch for the Klipsch sound. If i had the money to spend on them I would have bought them. There was a really nice article in Home Theater Technology. The article was called THX light done right. Or something like that. Anyway they did a <$11000 THX home theater. Marantz mono block, AMC pre-amp, Da-Lite screen, Atlantic Technology speakers. It was a very nice system. Sorry at the time it was the MA-500. But they are the same thing. They are on ebay for less than $150. ------------------ Come on honey why can't I spend some more money? Home Theater Car Audio This message has been edited by wife-said-no on 01-27-2002 at 07:55 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aab3rd Posted January 27, 2002 Share Posted January 27, 2002 I have the MA6100 which I use for my center surround. I could not be happier with it. I run it with a Marantz MM9000 5 ch amp and it intigrates seamlessly. If I could I would use 6 MA6100s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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