Any advantage to using monobloc amps

In rare cases those who have bought instages end up losing some sound quality.Best to ask about amop in question to those with experience if you were thinking say of geting a Brytston 4BST and then anotther.Not to say that this is one of those amps but monoblocs on the whole do sound ebtter but ecoonomizng by doing it in stages may not yield as good an outcome and one might be beter buying those amps in mono configuration if offered or larger stereo model.Rare but sometimes the case from what I have read here and Ayslum.
Chazz

>Best to ask about amop<

Make sure you ask for the bucket that comes with it....;-}}

Oz

Since I made my comparisons between Stereo and Mono Amps I never went back to a Stereo Amp. Much more control, much better timing and a much more natural - deep + black - soundstage.

I would like to request an explanation of how monoblocks can have short speaker cables. Don't the monoblocks run to the preamp, which then connects to the speakers. Thank you for helping me understand.

Libertasdon, the preamp runs to the amps via interconnects, and the amp (or amps) connects to the speakers via speaker cables.

If you have two speakers 8 feet apart you can put the preamp in the middle and then one monoblock amp next to each speaker so only a short speaker cable would be needed.

A stereo amp can only be in one location, so even if the amp was located in the middle between the speakers, the speaker cables would still need to be longer than they would for monoblocks located right next to each speaker.

Look at some of the pics in Audiogon's virtual systems section and you will find some examples of this arrangement.