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Mono Blocks on a Budget, is it possible?

I’m really struggling with the direction to take my system. I have the following:

Legacy Classics speakers
Aurender N100H media player
Schiit Freya tube pre-amp
Schiit Yggdrasil DAC
Schiit Vidar x2 (in mono block mode)

I will be replacing speakers at some point but the rest of the system I love... except the Vidars. Before them, I had NAD 356BEE that was used for the amp. Very clean and I loved it, except it was only 80 Watts. I decided to upgrade to the Vidars. They cost twice as much From a good manufacturer like Schiit so they must be better right? Not really. They are more noisy than the NAD amp and I’m finding myself less in love with them that I though I would be. I was planning the Vidar purchase for about a year and now that I got them I don’t know which direction to take in replacing them. I want to get cleaner mono amps but don’t want to spend more than $3k MAX for both. The Vidars are 400 Watts into 8ohm, are there any options out there for me that are close to the Vidar specs? I’m open to used but mostly I want the amps to sound almost completely clean with practically no distortion. 
xerotrace
clearthink
672 posts
 
dubulup"Ummm.  He has two stereo amplifiers with 4 separate and independent channels, obviously you suck at reading comprehension."

Ummmm ahhhh geee ummmmmmm well you don't understand audio you freakin' moron because to properly biamplify a Music Reproduction System you will need a crossover to achieve that and get the four independent channels of amplification that you seem to think that he has but doesn't so ummm geee uhhhhh you can figure that out now ummmmm ughhhhh ummmm
dubulup
15 posts
 
passive crossover will work in this case...active is better if you don’t have a budget

I just asked a question bud, you jumped on me...enjoy life

dsper
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