Genny's or Soundstream Reference on midbass, sub and rearfill ...

Hi,

As some people probably know, I'm a fan of Genesis amps and I have a couple of them myself, which doesn't mean I'm not open for something else... if it's just as good or better...

At the moment, my collection of Genesis amps is 4 Dual Mono's and 1 Compact Four.
I'm planning to use them like this:
- 3 Dual Mono's on left+center+right mids+tweeters
- 1 Dual Mono on sub
- Compact Four on rear-fill + midbass

I know what you're thinking, and I totally agree: it's very strange to put only 2x55W on midbass while putting 6x150W on mids and tweeters and I'm planning to solve that in the future (when the budget allows it) by adding a Miniblock or Dual Mono to the system and create this:
- 3 Dual Mono's on L+C+R mids+tweeters
- Dual Mono on midbass
- Miniblock/Dual-Mono on sub
- Compact Four on rear-fill + ?????

But I started getting in doubt about this plan because of the cost of it, and because of an offer from a friend:
He's selling 2 Soundstream Reference 300's and 2 Soundstream Reference 200's for a price that is cheaper than a used Miniblock and only slightly more expensive than a used Dual Mono.
Just like the Genny's, they can be mounted in a row against eachother...

If I buy these, I can do:
- 3 Dual Mono's on L+C+R mids+tweeters
- SS 300 on midbass
- SS 300 on sub
- SS 200 on rear-fill
- SS 200 on ???????
Meaning I'm not only keeping the budget for extra amps pretty much the same, I would also be able to sell a Dual Mono and the Compact Four and collect some cash if I wanted/had to...

-Aesthetically, both options can be done very nicely: 2 rows of 3 Genesis amps -vs- 1 row of Genesis + 1 row of Soundstream amps...
-Budget-wise: I would be better off by getting the Soundstreams...
-Heart-wise: I really love the classy bling of Genesis Series 3 amps...
-Sound-wise: I know Genesis is very neutral and I'm told those older Soundstream Reference amps have a warm sound, but how that will affect midbass/sub/rears...
-Reliability-wise: Genesis is known to be very reliable, I've heard and read those older Soundstreams can get really hot and blow fuses when driving (sub)bass-drivers, which is exactly what 2 of them would do in my install...

If I had the money, I'd just buy both and make some kind of system that allows me to swap amps easily every week, but unfortunately, life comes with a lot of other things that should be more important than caraudio and cost a lot of money too...

Isabelle

Source: http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/system-design-help-me-choose-equipment-my-car/137833-gennys-soundstream-reference-midbass-sub-rearfill.html

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