Along the lines of vintage gear, if you are willing to veer off the path to class B, NAD integrated amps are famous for delivering hifi sound quality on a tight budget. I’ve gone that route with a pair of NADs (3225PE + 3020i) bi-amped to power my Energy Reference Connoisseur speakers. The results are very pleasing to my ears, and cost only $150 each.
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if you have gathered anything from this discussion thread, it should be that you have to audition the equipment you intend to buy. Over the years, i have heard great sounding Class A amps and some really expensive awful sounding ones. While you compare the purchase to buying a washer dryer, I would suggest that you are making the mistake of false equivalence. one is purely functional the other a matter of entertainment and enjoyment. Washers and Dryers don't activate endorphins nor do they create harmonic effects or bring back memories. Acquire your equipment as an iterative and involved process. Would you buy a car without test driving it? A piece of art without seeing it? |
I would, budget permitting run and not walk to listen to the latest integrated amp from Krell , the K-300i I heard it in Denver at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. As soon as I got home I ordered the Duo 300 XD and it sounds as good or better than my older FPB 400cx. It’s , in a word, glorious and runs on pure Class A but not the power hog of its predecessors. So be careful NOT to buy the original Duo 300. Big difference between that and the new XD version. http://krellonline.com/integrated-amps.html |
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