Great 7 channel amp for the price and they delivered it in two days comes in a big truck with two guys very heavy.You would be ...  Read More

Great 7 channel amp for the price and they delivered it in two days comes in a big truck with two guys very heavy.You would be hard pressed to find a better amp for the money they are made by ATI.  Read Less

I doubt this will be brief.... Started with a Yamaha 3050, which was the first receiver I've ever had with a dead silent backg...  Read More

I doubt this will be brief.... Started with a Yamaha 3050, which was the first receiver I've ever had with a dead silent background (no static hiss coming from the speakers) and what felt like high-end sound quality, along with my Atlantic Technology 350 speakers up front (2200s everywhere else). However, the 350s started to die so I went in search of other, equivalent speakers and decided on the M&K S-150s. Since they're power hungry I knew I needed another, stronger amplifer than what was in the receiver, so I picked up an Emotiva XPA-5 2nd Gen.The match-up of the Emotiva and the M&Ks gave a super punchy, impactful sound with a much, MUCH tighter mid-range than before. There was, however.... a hiss. A hiss had started to come out of my speakers again. It was definitely the Emotiva doing it. The treble was also a lot less clear but it hard for me to discern whether or not that was the speakers or the amp doing it since I swapped both at the same time. But certain movies that I really enjoyed watching at high volume became grating to the ears (Fury Road and The 5th Element.) But that there was a hiss, and one that was definitely coming from the tweeter(s). Very disappointing.So I either needed new speakers or another amplifier, but which to upgrade first?--I'm not made of cash! The only speakers I'd want to upgrade to would cost $3,000+, and I thought about jumping straight to an Outlaw Balanced amp, but they recently raised their prices, so I decided on the 5 channel Monoprice Monolith (with the XLR inputs).THE RESULTS: so far I am super impressed. Not only do I have my dead silent background again but everything sounds clearer and even more impactful than before. I ran through the movies that had been driving me crazy and they definitely less grating on the ears. For a minute I thought dynamics might be lacking, then I'd get punched in the chest. Watching Isle of Dogs for example (did not expect it to impress on the sound front), the various drum sequences had surprising power and slam coming through the speakers (did not seem to be coming from the subs--my subs aren't that fast.)It's hard for me to comment on the treble. It's definitely better than the Emotiva, but I don't know if it's as good as my Yamaha/350 combo. I threw the 350s back into the loop straight from the Yamaha and was blessed with this enormous, enveloping, silky sound bubble that I had missed for so long... but that was about all that was good with the sound. With the Monolith/150s, it's more like a sterile, laser-shot of sound right at you. Much like I had with the Emotiva/150s but slightly cleaner, smoother, and punchy.Also, it seems to me that both Emotiva and Monoprice owners sometimes complain about a hiss. The Emotiva I got was even straight from the factory (it had been refurbished). I have this theory that those hisses aren't within what either company would consider failing performance. Whether or not that slight hiss is something that amplifies with the signal and noticeably degrades the sound quality is another matter. However, so far the Monoprice definitely seems like an upgrade from the Emotiva, but then again it was a Gen 2 and not the new Gen 3.I'm extremely pleased thus far  Read Less