Amp to drive my Speakers budget £300 + £100 for DAC

[DrizztDan]

hey all.

Im relocating all my hi fi to my pc room, and leaving my lounge for home cinema.

as a result. I will be upgrading my stereo amp from my current cambridge audio A5 integrated amp to something that can really drive my speakers, shown here

http://whathifi.com/Review/Acoustic-Energy-Neo-V2-Three/Specs/

speakers are 170 watts and 8ohms. I was thinking of the NAD C326BEE ? paired with a decent DAC to come from my digital audio out of my sound card?

any ideas?

 

[Anonymous]

how big is your computer room? floorstander are always a bit big as nearfield

 

[DrizztDan]

they should be far enough away. 1 metre plus from the desk well over 2 metres from PC field.

 

[the record spot]

M-Audio Transit - £70.

Amp: Yamaha AS700, if you can get one on a deal, Harman HK980, or secondhand/ex-dem and scout round the independents and see what comes up. NAD are the flavour of the decade, but there's more options out there that don't see the light of day on here but might work well for your needs/tastes.

 

[Anonymous]

NAD C326BEE should be a good amp. I own a NAD C320 (the older version).

Have purchased musical fidelity V-DAC. Currently in transit, being shipped all the way from UK at GBP135 incl transportation cost (slightly above your budget). I am expecting to receive it in another 10 days.