Hello.
As the tread name suggest, I am looking for an amp. I've been reading a lot on them and the more I read, the more I get lost.
My situation: at the moment I am using a old ONKYO (dont remember correctly, but It was made in 1980~) amp and I am quite happy with the sound, I used other amps (again old ones) one of the best one I had was a hybrid tube amp made in 1984 but I got tired of repairind the old amps and I bought my first TV (yeah I know its 2025 but I only use the TV for movies), since I am moving forward and got a Hisense 65U8 tv, I want it to finally get a new or at least this century amp and use one remote for sound, you know, for convienence.
The thing is, I only need a few of the features and I am quite oblivious of the new stuff:
PHONO is a must I like my vinyl...
HDMI (for the remote audio control)
thats basically it. I am using only 2 speakers but they are self made a long time ago but don't know if it helps. Not planing on going surround. I have no use for the integrated FM or spotify and other clutter, since my tv can do that, I see no reason I would need another device to do the same...
What my reaserch gave me:
Yamaha rx-v6a 600 euro
Denon avr x2800h 700 euro
Denon avc x3800h or 3700 (since it's better?) 1050euro
I would really like to stay below 1000 euro since the old stuff sounds good for 100e but it's just not convient...
Maybe there are better alternatives to my needs? Or am I just overthinking it?
Thank you in advance
As the tread name suggest, I am looking for an amp. I've been reading a lot on them and the more I read, the more I get lost.
My situation: at the moment I am using a old ONKYO (dont remember correctly, but It was made in 1980~) amp and I am quite happy with the sound, I used other amps (again old ones) one of the best one I had was a hybrid tube amp made in 1984 but I got tired of repairind the old amps and I bought my first TV (yeah I know its 2025 but I only use the TV for movies), since I am moving forward and got a Hisense 65U8 tv, I want it to finally get a new or at least this century amp and use one remote for sound, you know, for convienence.
The thing is, I only need a few of the features and I am quite oblivious of the new stuff:
PHONO is a must I like my vinyl...
HDMI (for the remote audio control)
thats basically it. I am using only 2 speakers but they are self made a long time ago but don't know if it helps. Not planing on going surround. I have no use for the integrated FM or spotify and other clutter, since my tv can do that, I see no reason I would need another device to do the same...
What my reaserch gave me:
Yamaha rx-v6a 600 euro
Denon avr x2800h 700 euro
Denon avc x3800h or 3700 (since it's better?) 1050euro
I would really like to stay below 1000 euro since the old stuff sounds good for 100e but it's just not convient...
Maybe there are better alternatives to my needs? Or am I just overthinking it?
Thank you in advance