amp for £100 or less (used)

[codnan]

Hi there ,I am planning on buying an amp and speakers in a couple of weeks and wanted any advice ,as I want desperate items and was hoping to not spend too much I have been looking at a pair of wharfdale diamond 9.1 ,and was wondering what amp for less than £100 I should be looking at ( I have mostly been looking at used ones on eBay ,as some go very cheap)

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Hi codnan

A NAD C325BEE.

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[John Duncan]

Yamaha DSP-AX620 AV receiver sounds good with the Diamonds and can be had for £50 sometimes. Huge though...

 

[codnan]

Thanks for the response , but dam that Yamaha DSP-AX620 is ugly ,not sure I could live with that in my living room .....I do like the NAD but it seems there arnt many of those on eBay and the ones that have sold went for about £110+ postage ,might be pushing the budget a little

Any one else got any more suggestions or is the NAD the best to aim for

 

[John Duncan]

Thanks for the response , but dam that Yamaha DSP-AX620 is ugly ,not sure I could live with that in my living room

I hear you 🙂 Let me have a look and see if anything jumps out at me on the 'Bay.

 

[John Duncan]

Recently sold amps under £100 which I'd consider

Arcam Alpha models 7 or 8

Arcam A65 or A75

Yamaha AS300

Cambridge Audio 640A

 

[eggontoast]

Arcam Alpha 7

Creek 4040 S3

NAD C320BEE

Marantz PM66SE

Harman Kardon hk 6550

 

[KeithT]

Slightly more vintage; I've seen NAD 3020's/7020's on eBay not that long ago for about £100 - but great amps in their time

 

[codnan]

How do the older amps stand up against new ones sound wise?

I do kinda like the old arcams and NAD s as that's what my parents had when I was young ,also they look simple and were mostly built in the UK (back before mass Chinese construction). But I am not sure about how much longer they can last ,most already been going for over 30 years ,seems like a very long time for electrical things (especially nowadays)

 

[hoopsontoast]

You might bag a Rega Brio3 for £100 if you are lucky, or an Arcam AVR200 which is actually a pretty decent 2-channel amp to be honest for the money.

 

[iQ Speakers]

How about a Rotel RA04 ive just replaced mine with a Leema Pulse and it still sounded pretty good driving my new PMC DB1i. Other benifit it will only be around 2007 vintage so still plenty of life. I must say its has a simular pacey soumd like the Leema.

 

[chrisr1718]

You can still get a Cyrus 2 for around £100 on ebay. Cyrus 1 a bit cheaper. Just sold one!

Be careful though as traders tend to over price them.

There's a Cyrus 2 & PSX currently on ebay at £300 each!

Go for the later metal chassis ones.

 

[codnan]

I finally got an amp ,thanks for all the suggestions . in the end I managed to get an audio analogue Puccini for £99 ,that needed a few fuses replaced ,works great now