What amp?

[alexk0il]

Time to get a new amp, I thought replacing a 50 yo vintage amp with amazing tech from 21st century would be an easy task. Oh boy...

I am lost, can anyone help please? Here are my requirements:


Price - up to £800
Inputs - RCA, maybe eARC if digital ports are included
Output - RCA and headphones
Functions - Loudness, Bass, Treble, maybe more
Power standby
Relatively cold, can be used in a TV cupboard. Currently use 40wpc G-class amp likely in A-class mode, all is cool
Sound signature - full mids, good lows and highs. Don't like lean sound, or overly bright/sibilant


Could go with a preamp+power amp combo or integrated.

Any recommendations?

[Macca]

loudness and tone controls not often seen these days

This is in budget and has everything else, spend the leftover on an equaliser.

https://www.av.com/Hi-Fi/Rotel-A12-MKII-Integrated-Amplifier-Silver-Nearly-New/595N

[Pigmy Pony]

loudness and tone controls not often seen these days

This is in budget and has everything else, spend the leftover on an equaliser.

https://www.av.com/Hi-Fi/Rotel-A12-MKII-Integrated-Amplifier-Silver-Nearly-New/595N

Good find, and good price. And it DOES have tone controls, which are probably accessed via the menu button. So could be perfect.

[alexk0il]

loudness and tone controls not often seen these days

This is in budget and has everything else, spend the leftover on an equaliser.

https://www.av.com/Hi-Fi/Rotel-A12-MKII-Integrated-Amplifier-Silver-Nearly-New/595N

Thanks. Strangely enough modern Chinese amps still have the Loudness fuction in their D-Class or FDA products. Go figure...

I'm also checking SA-20, should have a better amplifier, though the DAC and BT sections are outdated.

Anyway, there is a new British company that has a lot of hype for their entry level hi-fi offering. I might take their IOTAVX SA3/PA3 for a test.

[alexk0il]

[QUOTE=Macca;1346504]... spend the leftover on an equaliser...

Slowly digesting the meaning of these wise words. Initially was hesitant to consider a dusty piece of outdated engineering. But then I came across Schiit Loki and JDS Subjective 3. This opens a possibility to use power amps instead of the integrated. But then again I will have to shell our more cash for a headphones amp though... Maybe not, if Bellari PA550 Preamp has a decent sound.

Will NVA S80 be good with my Klipsch RP-150M speakers (93dB Sensitivity)? Is it really as good as only a few say?

[Macca]

I think the Schitt Loki is a bit expensive for what it is. You could get a proper Klark Teknik 32 band on the used market for that sort of money.

NVA with Klipsch is supposed to be a classic combo. Not tried it myself although have had some NVA in the past.