hankypanky2
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Need your help.
Thanks to all that respond
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Is it better than Marantz PM5005?I own and love the Behringer KM750. (I use it with Klipsch RP-250F floorstanding speakers and a Schiit SYS passive preamp.) It's a professional-grade power amp that happens to cost $150, is class AB, outputs up to 400 watts into 4 ohms, 200 watts into 8 ohms, and supports mono bridged mode for up to 750 watts into 8 ohms. It looks kind of like the Cavalli Liquid Gold. The downside is that it is large and heavy. The fan system makes noise as well (only an issue when music is not playing), but at least it stays cool.
Is it better than Marantz PM5005?
What do you mean? I'm getting bookshelf speakers and an Amp, is there anything else I need?What are you using as a source?
What do you mean? I'm getting bookshelf speakers and an Amp, is there anything else I need?
My laptop?You need something to supply the analog signal to the amp or you have no sound.
Q Acoustics 3020Assuming you are using a computer to play digital audio, you will probably want a DAC. (It's possible to connect your computer directly to an amp or preamp, but it can result in lower sound quality and other issues.) I owned high-end DACs in the past, but am using a $30 Behringer UCA202 at the moment and would recommend that to start with if you need a DAC and don't want to spend much.
You should also use a preamp for volume control if you get a power amp that has no volume control. The $49 Schiit SYS passive preamp is what I use. It has no electronics and sounds better to me than some active amps/preamps that can alter the signal. It can also be used to switch between multiple components. (It has two inputs and one output that can be switched to be one input and two outputs.) You can always use the digital volume control on your computer (or other digital source), but this also presents potential issues.
Which speakers are they, by the way?
My laptop?
I can't control the volume in my laptop?So how do you plan on controlling the volume?
You could always go for an integrated amp with built-in volume control, but most power amps don't have volume knobs, and even those that do (like mine) aren't realistic to control the volume with, because there are often two of them that you'd need to rotate at the same time. And mine is so large I just put it on the floor, so it's not realistic to control the volume with it.
My laptop?
I can't control the volume in my laptop?
Yes you can even if you use a dac there is a master volume on computers and on the laptop I bet has volume keys on it. Have a MacBook Pro ,MacBook Air and a HP laptop and they all have volume control keys. The Onkyo looks pretty nice I would recommend a intergated amp like that.I can't control the volume in my laptop?