Preamp for Acoustic Energy AE22 Active

[mlwpres]

Hi,

I'm looking to upgrade a budget hifi system (Sony CDP-XE570, Yamaha AX-396 and Eltax Liberty 5+) to something a little more substantial and was really keen on getting the AE22 active speakers.

What kind of partnering equipment should I be looking for in the way of a Preamp and CD Player with a budget of around 2500GBP.

 

[mlwpres]

Found a review in a recent WhatHiFi - suggested the Cyrus Pre VS2 and the CD 6 SE as good partnering equipment. Along with the AE22s this gives a total spend of about 2300 GBP, if memory serves me well.

 

[d_a_n1979]

Definitely agree with the Cyrus combo BUT i have heard Cyrus recently with AE speakers and although it sounded good; it became tiresome after a while and fairly 'bitty'.

Another decent pre-amp to consider would be the Arcam FMJ C31 pre-amp

http://www.arcam.co.uk/prod_fmj_C31_intro.cfm

OR

If you want to save £££; there are a number of very VERY good Musical Fidelity pre-amps for sale on eBay including the NuVista pre-amp they did. Sounds and looks superb!!!

Both Arcam and MF suit AE speakers down to a tee soundstage wise, IMO!

Could you give us an idea of what music you listen to and what kind of room these will be going in to?

 

[Anonymous]

See what Acoustic Energy suggest?

What about a DAC with a pre built in?

 

[drummerman]

Make sure the pre-amp you choose has XLR balanced outputs. I believe that's the only means of connection other than jack.

Also consider AVI ADM9.1s.

regards