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I want to get an Outlaw 1050 for a HT system. The speakers I plan on using are B&W 300 series all around with a nice M&K sub. Anyway, is there anyway to power the Mains channels with a Zen Triode amp when listening to music and the Outlaw when watching movies? I want to try and accomplish this without having to swap cables or using a switching box. Is this possible?Regards,
Bernard
I will be using a souped up version of this approach. it's just for stereo right now but my VAC Avatar will integrate into an HT system using a switch that lets me bypass the internal preamp and use an HT pre/pro. So the front l/r channels will be amplified by the avatar. the rears and center will require a 3 channel amp. VAC may or may not design a complementary 3 channel SS amp voice-matched with the Avatar. They've been putting this off but i don't mind waiting. I would have to wait anyway for a pre/pro that handles all the formats I'm interested in and such a beast doesn't exist and won't for some time.
If you hooked up wire from both the Outlaw and the Zen to the front B&W's, when you listened to one source, current would go to the other amp. This might be a potentially bad situation. A switcher box would seem the only way to go, short of separating the two systems. Have you considered using a 3-channel amp for the center and rears and use the Zen on just the fronts all the time? I know this would be somewhat of a compromise for timbre-matching using different amps across the front, but it may be unnoticeable.Regards,
RichardH
Well in that case I could just use the pre-outs from the Outlaw to the Zens without a hitch. My thing is, even though the B&W's are 91db efficient, won't there be a huge power disparity between the front mains at 5wpc and all other channels at 65wpc?Regards,
Bernard
Hi Bernard,It depends on how loud you are listening. Since the speakers are 91dB sensitivity, you would be using 1 watt to get 91dB, 2 watts for 94, 4 watts for 97, and that would be about where you'd have to stop on the Zen. If you'll never go that high, then it won't be a big deal, but movies can get loud; I don't know if it's the best idea to use the Zen for the fronts in HT mode.
If I were in your situation, I would just use the Outlaw exclusively for HT, and get a pair of super-efficient tube-loving bookshelf speaks to hook up to the Zen. Klipsch comes to mind, but I know there are tons of others out there.
RichardH
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