Thoughts on adding an amp (1 Viewer)

[Mike Main]

Right now I have:

Onkyo 696

B&W 7nt

B&W 1nt

I went to my local shop and discussed getting a 2 channel amp to improve my music listening. When I listen to cds I usually dont use surround stuff just stereo mode. The guy said "with the Onkyo you are really cheating yourself to buy a separate amp. You could go with a 5 r 6 channel to moderately improve things, but separates would make the most difference."

Is this true.

Obviously if I dropped $4k on separates it be great. But would a decent 150 watt stereo amp improve my listening?

Like a Rotel, Adcom .....

Thanks Mike

 

[Aslam Imran]

Absolutely it will, no matter what the salesman tells you. moreover I have found that most salesmen don't know half of what they are talking about. Seperate amplification almost always will outperform the internal amps of almost any receiver.

 

[Michael Lee]

Adding external amps have definitely improved my system...but you have to consider the cost/performance ratio of this upgrade. I added $4000(MSRP)amps to my system. There was a considerable improvement in my system, no doubt. But you have to weight out whether it was $4000 difference.
On a side note, I ended up buying another one of these amps for my other system.