New amplifier?

[TEKNOPUG]

wormus said:

TEKNOPUG said:

wormus said:

TEKNOPUG said:

wormus said:

TEKNOPUG said:

What would that be then?

My suggestion from the first page

https://www.richersounds.com/catalog/product/view/...

So over budget, under powered and no obvious way to connect the laptop?

Nope, he said he’d stretch to £400. It’s not underpowered for the speakers he’s using either and he connects the laptop to the TV via hdmi, then connects the tv to the amp, which is what he wanted it for.

RSstuff said:

I watch a lot of youtube music videos on my laptop, and recently bought a new Panasonic oled TV. I'd like to play the youtube stuff on the TV using an amp to connect to floor standing speakers. I'm budgeting £2-300 for the amp, is that realistic and any recommendations for the amp. Plus what cable should I use between the TV and new amp. Thank you.

RSstuff said:

Budget creep is happening, so £400 is pretty much my limit.

Better than the suggestion of hooking up a 90s car stereo!

Edited by wormus on Thursday 16th March 16:10

Why would he connect the laptop to the TV via HDMI to watch Youtube videos....when he could just watch Youtube videos on the TV?

Who made a suggestion of hooking up a 90s car stereo? Or Chinese DACs?

Eh? You said he had no obvious way to connect a laptop, not me. If he does, because he wants to play videos on his new TV, he can via HDMI. He doesn’t have to, the point is, the amp is connected to the TV, which is what he asked for.

You did!

TEKNOPUG said:

I have class A car amps from the 90s still in use.

Edited by wormus on Thursday 16th March 16:46

Where did I say "hook up a 90s car stereo"?

TEKNOPUG said:

There is not much to go wrong on 2 channel amplifiers. I have a stereo amp bought new 26 years ago that has been in use daily. I have class A car amps from the 90s still in use.

You confuse an example of the reliability of 2 channel amplifiers with suggesting a car stereo is a solution for the OP and you talk about "cheap Chinese DACs" that no one mentioned and then suggest an amplifier made in Vietnam...

[MC Bodge]

wormus said:

Lots of weird suggestions for buying some old st off eBay and hoping it works. Why mess about with 30 year old amps and Chinese DACs when the OP can buy a new, good quality amp that meets all his needs within a modest budget?

For the record I have quite a bit of second hand hifi, but it’s all barely used audiophile stuff that would have been very expensive when new.

Approx. 32 years old, I bought it for very little, maybe 19 years ago. Used a lot. Still going strong.

[anonymous-user]

MC Bodge said:

Approx. 32 years old, I bought it for very little, maybe 19 years ago. Used a lot. Still going strong.

Nice, I have one of these: Sony Scala 2, including mini disc player! Owned it since new, bought in 1994, cost me £2k! It’s currently in my holiday home, plugged into the TV via the line out socket. I’ve paired it with some Tannoy Revolution R2s from the same era, with I bought from eBay for £100. Sounds lovely.



Cannot believe how much these sell for though!

[OutInTheShed]

MC Bodge said:

Approx. 32 years old, I bought it for very little, maybe 19 years ago. Used a lot. Still going strong.

That's quite nice.

If you put 'amplifier' or 'AV receiver', condition 'parts or not working' into ebay, you can find a lot of much younger kit which is broken.

Meanwhile nice stuff from the 90s or older often fetches reasonable money.
Some of it seems quite expensive until you look at new prices!

[RSstuff]

Fairly recent £600+ used amps on Facebook or Ebay for £3-400, seem thin on the ground. What AV forums should I be searching? Including blue tooth seems to narrow the options too.

[MC Bodge]

RSstuff said:

Fairly recent £600+ used amps on Facebook or Ebay for £3-400, seem thin on the ground. What AV forums should I be searching? Including blue tooth seems to narrow the options too.

I'm not sure that just buying on price is going to get you anything more/better than going cheaper/used.

Why not just look for a cheaper used amp and buy a bluetooth DAC, if required?

[MC Bodge]

Or one of these?



https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php...

Edited by MC Bodge on Thursday 16th March 20:23

[legzr1]

RSstuff said:

Fairly recent £600+ used amps on Facebook or Ebay for £3-400, seem thin on the ground. What AV forums should I be searching? Including blue tooth seems to narrow the options too.

This should cover your bases:

https://www.avforums.com/threads/pioneer-sx-n30ae-...

Around 85W into 8 ohms is ample power too.

[legzr1]

Double post

[legzr1]

OutInTheShed said:

It's like cars really.
Either buy cheap and shrug your shoulders if it dies, or pay the new price and get warranty and customer service and all that.

In between there is an area where you can pay a middling amount of money for something that has no warranty and may be for sale because it's no longer as good as new.
Like cars, old hifi can be expensive to get fixed, and newer stuff may be impossible to fix.

There are quite a few manufacturers and dealers who offer transferable warranties with their equipment.

[RSstuff]

legzr1 said:

This should cover your bases:

https://www.avforums.com/threads/pioneer-sx-n30ae-...

Around 85W into 8 ohms is ample power too.

Thanks. Quite a distance from me though.

[RSstuff]

I've been offered a refurbed Marantz NR 1200 for £300. Alternatively for around 50% more I was considering a Denon DRA -800H. Any thoughts on these 2? It's only the lack of bluetooth that rules out the Marantz 6007.

Edited by RSstuff on Saturday 18th March 12:32

[MC Bodge]

RSstuff said:

I've been offered a refurbed Marantz NR 1200 for £300. Alternatively for around 50% more I was considering a Denon DRA -800H. Any thoughts on these 2? It's only the lack of bluetooth that rules out the Marantz 6007.

Edited by RSstuff on Saturday 18th March 12:32

They get good reviews https://www.richersounds.com/marantz-nr1200.html

[RSstuff]

I decided on a Cambridge AXR100 direct from Cambridge Audio, via ebay. What's described as unmarked, open box, discounted to £375. Ebay had a 20% discount code, so that dropped the price to just over £300.

[Miserablegit]

Hope you enjoy it

[WyrleyD]

RSstuff said:

I decided on a Cambridge AXR100 direct from Cambridge Audio, via ebay. What's described as unmarked, open box, discounted to £375. Ebay had a 20% discount code, so that dropped the price to just over £300.

Bought my Cambridge Audio CXA61 via Ebay a couple of months ago. Also described as "open box" but when it arrived it was obvious that the box had in fact never been opened and the item was pristine, very happy with it too.

[RSstuff]

WyrleyD said:

Bought my Cambridge Audio CXA61 via Ebay a couple of months ago. Also described as "open box" but when it arrived it was obvious that the box had in fact never been opened and the item was pristine, very happy with it too.

It may just be a way to shift some more stock. When I googled Cambridge Audio it seems they are tied up with Richer Sounds. What seemed a little odd is Richer Sounds only give a 1 year warranty on the same offers, but there's 2 years from Cambridge Audio.