Originally Posted by
vintagesteve
Consider Pioneer and Sansui who both made amps that were world class or even leaders in their class. Problem is you're unlikely to get one of those for £500.
Exactly and unfortunately.
I wanted to suggest Sansui for sure as a big Sansui user/owner, and Pioneer too but as pointed out, not impossible but couldnt see any of their big/powerful vintages for that money
My System:
Amplification - Sansui AU-alpha 707 DR
Turntable - Technics SP10 MK2-Technics EPA-250 Tonearm-Yannis Tome 423.5Plus tonearm cable-Eichmann KLEI Absolute Harmony plugs.
Ortofon Cadenza Black moving coil cartridge-Fritz Gyger S re-tip. Panzerholz plinth.
CDP - Pioneer PD-91
Speakers - Spendor D7 on Soundcare SuperSpikes
QED Silver Spiral speaker cable-airloc banana plugs
Mains - Ultra Pure silver plated un-switched socket-Missing link EPS 500 silver plated plugs-Hi-Fi Tuning gold plated silver ceramic 13 amp fuses