[stevehollx]

So as per other advice on this forum I am upgrading from my 3805 which is struggling to keep up with my speakers/room.


I've got a 989 and XPA-5 on order. I'm wondering what the most effecient way to hook the speakers up would be, since I believe each amp has higher wattage when less speakers are connected.


It would seem that if I can split the load proportionally between the two amps, it will give the most headroom per channel. Given this, would it make sense to connect the fronts to the XPA-5, and then connect the center and rear surrounds to the 989s output section? Or am I better off just connecting everything to the XPA5?

 

[Denophile]

everything to the xpa5 if it were me for at least 1 reason


!) probably not much difference/output loss to the xpa5 with all channels driven given more robust power supply and storage

2)if you believe amps sound differnt (at least these 2) more consistent voice matching