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Amp choice for Elac DBR-62

hyperknot

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I'm looking to buy an amp for an Elac DBR-62 (ASR review). There is a section, where the review points out that it might need some proper amp to drive it.

Which amp would you recommend? Ideally I'd love to buy a WiiM Amp, but I'm afraid it might not be good enough. The Amp Pro is not yet out, unfortunately. I'm listening at moderate levels, mostly as a background music, so it might not need that much power. Still, I'm not sure about this part, hence I'm asking for your opinion.

What other options do I have? I was thinking either Topping PA5 II or PA5 II Plus, or 2x Fosi V3 Mono. Or a second hand Yamaha S501 or S701 maybe. The advantage of the Yamaha would be the built in DAC, as well as the known build quality and reliability.

What would you recommend?
 
I'm looking to buy an amp for an Elac DBR-62 (ASR review). There is a section, where the review points out that it might need some proper amp to drive it.

Which amp would you recommend? Ideally I'd love to buy a WiiM Amp, but I'm afraid it might not be good enough. The Amp Pro is not yet out, unfortunately. I'm listening at moderate levels, mostly as a background music, so it might not need that much power. Still, I'm not sure about this part, hence I'm asking for your opinion.

What other options do I have? I was thinking either Topping PA5 II or PA5 II Plus, or 2x Fosi V3 Mono. Or a second hand Yamaha S501 or S701 maybe. The advantage of the Yamaha would be the built in DAC, as well as the known build quality and reliability.

What would you recommend?
When listening at background levels ( and quite a lot far beyond actually) the Wiim amplifier will provide enough power for sure! The speaker is rated at 86 dB at 2.83 V a meter at nominal 6 Ohm so the Wiim amp should work perfectly fine for you. If you want to squeeze out the maximum of dynamics of the speakers you should look for an amplifier with approximately double the power. But honestly: I listen to my speakers (two way speakers with comparable efficiency) at 1 or 2 Watts most of the time and 10 - 15 Watts continuously when I listen loudly...
 
Thanks! So you say I shouldn't be afraid of the WiiM Amp not being PFFB or not having enough power for my use-case? The alternative would be a Topping PA5 II with a WiiM Mini using the built-in DAC.
 
$500 for Yamaha 701 if the coupon from last two weeks still works. Did not try
 
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