I was going to buy five of these for my home theater. Is it a good investment?

[dtaylo1066]

Seems like a real bargain! But I then thought a house was a better investment.

CH Precision M10 monoblock power amplifier | Stereophile.com

A mono pair of CH Precision M10s ($210,000/pair as reviewed) declares its presence in capital letters. Each channel consists of two large units, each almost 2' high, linked by a total of four umbilical cords. While the "lighter" amplifier unit weighs almost 117lb, the toroidal transformer–based...

www.stereophile.com

 

[Chrispy]

LOL.

 

[Johnkeizer]

Cheapskate- 7.2 is minimum HT standard now.
You need to get 7.

 

[roladyzator]

A nice quote from one of the first paragraphs:
using too much global feedback can make an amplifier sound lifeless - Kevin Wolff, CH Precision's director of global sales

It's nice of them to let reasonable people know to stop reading so early in the article

 

[roladyzator]

Actually, if they could define "lifeless" and whatever the opposite is, it would be nice.

 

[Johnkeizer]

Actually, they are not the only HiFi company that has doubts about too much feedback, especially global.
Eg Schiit Audio in their description of the Skoll.
And no, I have no intention of getting involved in a pointless argument here for or against, it’s getting to evening here and I want to enjoy my bourbon in peace.

 

[Johnkeizer]

And by the way, I do consider those amps to be crazily priced. Maybe the people who buy them should actually go out and enjoy some live music, although you can’t show that off to your fellow robber barons I suppose.

 

[SSS]

As one said, if you can, you can.

 

[DavidEdwinAston]

Only three year, warranty! They can't have much confidence in its longevity! I'd want an end of times warranty for that amount of dosh!

 

[Mart68]

Page 1 is almost entirely comprised of the marketing blurb cut and pasted, and page 2 is mostly a music review.

 

[Pareto Pragmatic]

So, not one, but two 20 amp lines PER MONOBLOCK?!?!?!

The cap array is kind of cool.

It's nice of them to let reasonable people know to stop reading so early in the article

But if you stop, you miss that global feedback is adjustable in this amp.


I am really trying to imagine the use case for something like this, but I do very much admire the overkill!

 

[Thighsofsteel]

Page 1 is almost entirely comprised of the marketing blurb cut and pasted, and page 2 is mostly a music review.

Let’s be honest, what else can you say about an amplifier?

 

[Mart68]

Let’s be honest, what else can you say about an amplifier?

Exactly, it's just funny that even the most golden-eared reviewers have given up trying.