Top Ten Budget amplifiers of all time!

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chebby

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On reflection the Audiolab 8000A cannot be included in the list here as it was never a budget amplifier.

For sure; £500 in its day. It only dropped in price in relatively recent years and definitely once the brand went to the IAG stable.

£250 at launch in 1984.

[Edit] Actually launched in 1983 but reported by Gramophone in their Feb 1984 issue.
 

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chebby said:
the record spot said:
Lost Angeles said:
On reflection the Audiolab 8000A cannot be included in the list here as it was never a budget amplifier.

For sure; £500 in its day. It only dropped in price in relatively recent years and definitely once the brand went to the IAG stable.

£250 at launch in 1984.

[Edit] Actually launched in 1983 but reported by Gramophone in their Feb 1984 issue.

:wall:
 

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CnoEvil said:
moon said:
It appears the Audiolab is off the list because of cost..... so now two spaces need to be filled.!,

I suppose it brings up the interesting argument of what constitutes a budget amp.

The Hifi Mag I have from 1987, describes the Nait as "the king of budget amps", and it was £241.50.

At that time the A1 was £209 and the Cyrus 11 and 8000A were both £299. They were all seen as in the same" ball park" soundwise.

As per a previous post, £250 was about 2.5 times the average weekly wage in 1984.

If £600 is the average weekly today then are we saying £1500 amps are budget, only perhaps to footballers and bankers me thinks.

If my theory is incorrect someone say so and why,
 

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CnoEvil said:
moon said:
It appears the Audiolab is off the list because of cost..... so now two spaces need to be filled.!,

I suppose it brings up the interesting argument of what constitutes a budget amp.

The Hifi Mag I have from 1987, describes the Nait as "the king of budget amps", and it was £241.50.

At that time the A1 was £209 and the Cyrus 11 and 8000A were both £299. They were all seen as in the same" ball park" soundwise.
 
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chebby said:
the record spot said:
Lost Angeles said:
On reflection the Audiolab 8000A cannot be included in the list here as it was never a budget amplifier.

For sure; £500 in its day. It only dropped in price in relatively recent years and definitely once the brand went to the IAG stable.

£250 at launch in 1984.

[Edit] Actually launched in 1983 but reported by Gramophone in their Feb 1984 issue.

Oops! Well, it went up to £500 then...a bit later!
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