Making a huge decision to hopefully upgrade to a new amp from my Arcam alpha 8 which for many years has served me incredibly well.
I have approx £400 to spend and I'm hoping for a substantial improvement from the ageing arcam.
Currently I have the arcam paired with a Marantz cd6004 which is used to listen to CD's and the iPod files which have a bit rate of 192.
The new amp will be used with a pair of acoustic energy evo 3's which will be a future upgrade.
Given that I listen to mainly Rock-Alter Bridge,Black Stone Cherry,AC/DC,Aerosmith. Blues-Joe Bonamassa,Aynsley Lister,
Ryan Mcgarvey,Gary Moore and Stevie Ray CD's and on ipod. I have know interest in listening to vinyl now or in the future.
So is it possible to shorten my list of the NAD D 3020, Rotel Ra-10 or the Marantz pm6005 for audition purposes I was originally just going to
Settle for the Marantz but £400 is a substantial out lay for me and any opinion or advice will be very gratefully received .
I have approx £400 to spend and I'm hoping for a substantial improvement from the ageing arcam.
Currently I have the arcam paired with a Marantz cd6004 which is used to listen to CD's and the iPod files which have a bit rate of 192.
The new amp will be used with a pair of acoustic energy evo 3's which will be a future upgrade.
Given that I listen to mainly Rock-Alter Bridge,Black Stone Cherry,AC/DC,Aerosmith. Blues-Joe Bonamassa,Aynsley Lister,
Ryan Mcgarvey,Gary Moore and Stevie Ray CD's and on ipod. I have know interest in listening to vinyl now or in the future.
So is it possible to shorten my list of the NAD D 3020, Rotel Ra-10 or the Marantz pm6005 for audition purposes I was originally just going to
Settle for the Marantz but £400 is a substantial out lay for me and any opinion or advice will be very gratefully received .