wow how good

[smuggs]

big thank you to all of you in the last few months i have aked various questions but know i have a av set up and am trying to put together a hi fi set up, I was listen to my br5's through my denon1909 and you said a stereo amp would greatly improve the sound. i spent £1600 last year on kit so im alittle short till after xmas but my friend had an old rotel amp rx 202 mii (late 70's i think) and gave me a loan for a few months the sound is great i have to turn the volume to about 8 o'clock and its at it. I now feel the vocels in the middle of the two speakers more and the various sounds drums gutiers ect almost feel like surround sound when i close my eyes. I think denon was good but now i know what you all mean by av amps play it safe.I will try to buy some br2's for my front av set up so my br1's can move back as rears(as i have had to get my old tdls out for rears). I am now going to save a couple of hundred pound and scan ebay for a good old stereo amp and get some good cable, after xmas when people are short of cash lol.

my top tracks that have improved are

neil young- southern man,

artic monkeys- 505

vampire weekend -m79

katie melua-spiders web

bob marley-jamming

timberland - i am (not sure if thats the right name its my mrs's taste but bass was unreal so punchy.

any old stereo amps(80's to early 90's) to look out for i feel i will get more for my money than buying new.

i wanted new speakers and i felt with hd coming in i wanted a new amp hense why i have not shopped on ebay before but i cant see anything wrong with second hand.Does anyone disagree with second hand and what would the advantage be being new.

many thanks for any help given simon

 

[Anonymous]

Pioneer A400 ... cheap on ebay ... paid £70 for mine ... boxed and in mint condition ... and happy the way it sounds (on my setup)

loads of good older amps such as arcam, Yamaha, Kenwood and Sansui etc .... all depends on your budget and what will suit your cd player and speakers....

even an older Quad 405-2 / 44 may be a good combination with your setup .... am fairly new to hi-fi, but am sure someone with more experience will advise

 

[matthewpiano]

Yes, the Pioneer A400 is a great amp. Plenty about so wait for a really good one to come up.

Otherwise I'd be looking out for the following gems:

Kenwood KA3020SE

Sansui AU-217 (as suggested by The Record Spot), AU2900 or AU3900 (wonderful), AU-X111 (the only relatively recent Sansui I'd consider (1991).

Pioneer SA-508 or SA-708

Technics SU-V55A (One of their last truly great amps)

JVC A-S5

 

[Anonymous]

match the amp carefully with the speakers ... my B&W DM2 speakers are reccomended to be commected to an amp of 50 watts per channel (8 ohm) ...

howerver, have learned that I can uses an amp od approx 100 watt in 8 ohm, but to be carefull

some of the older good amps that I researched are:

Marantz 1200

Sansui AU D11

Pioneer SA 8800

Yamaha Ca 2010

Technics SU 8600

Kenwood KA 907

but to mention a few .... bargain to be found on the internet!

 

[smuggs]

big thanks pal cant wait to scan ebay over the next few months