Harkon321
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Thinking of future upgrades, more specifically a Power Amp. This would probably be in the new year, as there are a few things I want to do first.
Currently I run my 7.1.4 system from my Denon 4400 with a smaller Audiolab Mono amp to power the two back surrounds.
Speakers are all M&K Sound.
LCR are M&K IW150 mk3, Surrounds will be MK IW150T (currently using some Monitor Audio as a stop gap), Back surrounds IW95 and Atmos are all IW85s. All effienet speakers I believe.
I imagine the most sensible step is to buy a 3ch amp to power the LCR and leave the rest on the Denon. Alternative would be 5 or 7 ch, as I'm not ready to go the separates route yet.
Is there a layman's way to calculate the wattage needed per channel to hit reference, as I think it could be very easy to over amp surround and atmos channels that don't need it?
Currently I run my 7.1.4 system from my Denon 4400 with a smaller Audiolab Mono amp to power the two back surrounds.
Speakers are all M&K Sound.
LCR are M&K IW150 mk3, Surrounds will be MK IW150T (currently using some Monitor Audio as a stop gap), Back surrounds IW95 and Atmos are all IW85s. All effienet speakers I believe.
I imagine the most sensible step is to buy a 3ch amp to power the LCR and leave the rest on the Denon. Alternative would be 5 or 7 ch, as I'm not ready to go the separates route yet.
Is there a layman's way to calculate the wattage needed per channel to hit reference, as I think it could be very easy to over amp surround and atmos channels that don't need it?