Folks, this is a seriously impressive amplifier here. I just moved to it from a B&K 5 channel amp, and I'll tell you: even though B&K has the reputation for being high end, you guys are the ones who deserve it.

I have to say, though, that when I first unpacked this thing, I thought you folks had played a practical joke on me: I thought maybe you scooped out the innards and replaced them with free-weights or lead ingots or something!

Jeff

LOL...that heavy huh?

Weight, in the amp business, is a good thing so keep smiling

I'm eagerly awaiting a pair of Model 200 amps. At less then 2" high and being so tiny, 18 lbs. each is respectable as well.

Glad to hear you love the 770. I was originally getting one till I decided to get a pair of 200 monoblocks to run just the mains. So when Im listening to music, only 2 are running. Which leaves me with purchasing the 755 in a couple weeks. I love buying new toys! I hate waiting for them though! I won't sleep till the UPS man arrives(3 more days)!

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What's really cool is that it freed up two Marantz MA-500s that I was using to drive the rear channels. I have an MA-700 driving one subwoofer and an MA-500 driving another because of budgetary restrictions.

Well, now that I've freed up the two MA-500s, I've used one to bridge with the subwoofer's MA-500 yielding a whopping 450 watt amplifier for the sub!

And I'm using the other to drive an LFE sub that a friend of mine is building for me.

Man, this amp is so cool!

Jeff

If the M-200s were stackable up to 7 units high, I'd probably replace my 770. Seriously, it is just too heavy to move around. Once planted, it's PLANTED!

I just got my pair of 200's today and they are a LOT heavier then I expected. I stacked them on the dining room table then moved them to the livingroom. Wow, very solid and heavy.

7 of them would weigh in at close to 135lbs. but I see your point.Moving 1 at a time, or even 2 or 3 is a lot better then lugging a single 770.

I know when I get my 755, it won't be moved around. When it get's parked, it's staying there

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Just out of curiosity, why would you replace the 770? I can find no fault in the amp whatsoever other than its lack of balanced inputs.

Jeff

2 Reasons:

Major: WEIGHT!! it's much easier to move around 7 small amps than this one front-heavy behemoth!

Very minor: I like the auto-on feature of the M-200. Conversely, I wouldn't really like 7 power chords...more rat's nest.

Yeah, I certainly can't argue with you there!




What's that? The 770's got a remote trigger: is what the M-200 has different?

Jeff

the 200's also have an auto on when there's a signal present feature..

How responsive are they?

Jeff

Actually just the initial "bump" of turning the 950 on turns them on.... and I've only ever had them turn off while I was watching a show in DPL-II with only mono the volume was somewhere around -50 (not really watching) I looked up when I heard them click after about 10 minutes....

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Hmmm. I think I'd be happier with my system the way it works. I like how everything turns on and off with my pre-amp: neat and clean, and always on when I need it; never on, when I don't.

But am I missing some advantage here? I can't see any particular advantage to that way (except ease of setup) over what I'm doing. Is there one?

Jeff

I think I'm going to make 2 longer trigger plugs for my 200's... I also like the on when I want it thing also....

According to the manuals, the 200's trigger requires 4ma and the 755 requires possibly 7ma or something.... the 950 supplies up to 50ma so even with all of them connected, that's only 15ma so I think I should be fine....

In your case with possibly 7 200's that should be safe also only 28ma....

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The music on feature for the M-200's is nice because when I listen to stereo music, the rest of my M-200's go into stand-by. I have timed the auto shut-off and it seems to be around the 15 minute mark. The only downfall I see is when I am watching TV (in pro-logic) and the source program has a poorly recorded or mono track, the left and right channels will shut-down. Then when a commercial comes on, the amps fire back up! However, this is not the fault of the equipment, just rhe programming material. To fix this issue I just trigger the fronts, because I always use those, and set the other M-200 to use the music detect function!

Just food for thought,
-BL