When I win the lottery...

dcibel

I'll never build a passive crossover again

Just looking at the newly listed NAD products at Solen. This little guy it targeted at distributed audio, but it's a 8 channel Hypex amp with network DSP. 120W * 8 with channels bridgeable to 200W. Perfect for active speakers, the only catch is a CAD$4000 price tag, today that's USD$2875

https://nadelectronics.com/product/ci-8-120-multi-channel-amplifier/

There's a bigger one too with 150Wpc, 280W bridged, at CAD$5000.

ani_101

Actually in the grand scheme of things it's not too bad. I was looking at the OKTO 8 channel DAC - that thing is 1000 Euro, add on 8 channel good quality amp - the 125asx2 icepower is around 120USD, so for 4 of them, its 480, so add in minidsp SharC for 185 that's around 1700 - add in the box and terminals, and it's just over 2k but now i have a bunch of boxes sitting all over the place. 

Of course i would take the Okto DAC over what is in the NAD and I would take ncore over icepower. but there are no NC122 ncores available readily.... but the NAD seems to use UcD...

ani_101

oh and I can go 1 50asx for the tweeter, 2 x 125 asx for the upper mid and lower mid (or i can bridge them for 400 watts) and 1 500ASP and 1 500A for the low bass/subwoofer for 8 channel 

ani_101

BTW I am also waiting for funds to grab the emotiva 8 channel amp, before it goes NLA, but in the current scenario, that seem unlikely (me have funds available).... but like all other mainstream multi-channel amp, the emotiva is only 30watts x 8 all channels driven and there is no dsp.

rjj45

Re: multi-channel amp.
I got one of these a few years ago.
VERY clean specs, built like a tank. If you can find one, they are usually about $125 on the 'Bay.
https://www.amazon.com/Kenwood-KM-X1-Channel-THX-Amplifier/dp/B001F3CBAS