I currently own a 950 procesor and a 750 amp with PSB image T55 fronts, image C60 center, image S50 surrounds, i will put a pair of psb aplhas for the rear surrounds, so i buy two M200, i'm thinking of putting the M200 for the main chanels, what do you think of these?

I'd say somewhere between 95% and 99% of the people who try the M200 like it.

If you use M200's for the mains, and you do some stereo only listening on a regular basis, that would allow you to leave the 750 off until you need surround sound.

Your plan closely matches my future plans -- I have a 950 and 750 with a used Parasound HCA-800 currently driving the surround back channels, and I plan to at some point retire the Parasound in favor of a pair of M200's which will most likely drive the mains. The general opinion from people who have owned M200's and other Outlaw amps (including at least one person who replaced a Model 770 with seven 200's) has been that the 200 is basically indistinguishable from the 770 and 755. I would expect much the same results from adding 200's to a 750.

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Good point bb4tb, sure it works for my stereo listenings.

Well Gonk, i'll tell you what happens when the 2 M200 drive my T55's, but i'm sure it will rock the house as it does today, only in 7 channels.

[This message has been edited by JulioCat (edited July 12, 2004).]

What was your verdict with the M200's?

I use two M200 for my mains also. They are driving Onix Rockets, Signature 750s. No complaints on this end. I have an Anthem 5 channel driving the rest of the Rockets, C/LS/RS/LR/RR.

PhatLac.

The result are increbible, it's only when you go and hear other systems costing much more than these amps when you really know what you got. now i need and outlaw sub.

[This message has been edited by JulioCat (edited August 11, 2004).]

Thanks for the report, JulioCat. The upgrade budget is a bit thin at the moment, but adding a pair of M200's will remain at the top of my "to do" list when I get the funds together.

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If you use a pair of 200's with a 750, how do you handle the remote control issue on/off issue? Is there some way to control the 2-200s separate from the 750? For that matter, is there a way to control them all together? Don't tell me I have to get my butt off the couch!

There are a couple of alternatives. The M200's allow you to pass a trigger command through and on to an additional device, allowing you to daisy-chain a series of amps (trigger from processor to first M200, then from first M200 to second M200, then from second M200 to 750), but there is a limit to how many amps you can place in series like that before the trigger signal is too weak. You can also connect them all to a power strip or power conditioner and switch that strip with the trigger (which is what I do), in which case you leave all of the amps on all the time and just let the power strip cut power when the trigger goes off. If neither of those work for you, the easiest is to leave the trigger between processor and 750 and use the "music sense" option on the M200's - they will come on when they get a signal at their input, and then after there's been no signal for a length of time (I think it's in the neighborhood of 15 minutes) they shut off. All three options will let you stay comfortably on the couch.