Old Audiolab 8000A Amp Replacement

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Hi All

Having just spent a pleasant Sunday at the Sound And Vision show i have begun to think about replacing my very old Audiolab 8000A,must be 20years old now,and wondered what people considered the nearest equivalent today.Will be running an Arcam CD72 through Castle Severn speakers and am looking at around £500 as a budget.

Thanks

Andy

 

[John Duncan]

Sounds like a new Audiolab (8000S?) will fit the bill - price is certainly right. Can't comment on how it compares to the old one as I never heard one back in the day but the new one sounded great on passing acquantance with it's matching CD player. Plenty of other options out there though - Creek, NAD, Marantz, Rega. I can't personally recommend a matching Arcam, though others here will, depends on your listening habits.

 

[Anonymous]

Think long on it, the old 8000a is a hard act to follow

 

[gregory]

agreed,i still use mine and i know there are other amps out there but none of them are that much better if indeed at all.

 

[John Duncan]

Agreed, though a 20-year-old amp will deteriorate (check my drawer). Take the old one with you when you audition.

 

[Anonymous]

I used to have a Audiolab 8000A, it was seriously beaten by a Sonneteer Campion, the Sonneteer is far far better, the Audiolab was good, the Sonneteer is amazing.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi all

Thanks for your thoughts this may take a while to decide

Andy

 

[Anonymous]

[quote user="silly"]I used to have a Audiolab 8000A, it was seriously beaten by a Sonneteer Campion, the Sonneteer is far far better, the Audiolab was good, the Sonneteer is amazing.[/quote]

Perhaps so, but is that not outside the £500 budget?