You can get groundbreaking technology (Purifi) as posted already on page 1.
And if you are operating on the assumption that your amp will go to zero, that is ludicrous. There are plenty of members here who would gladly take it off your hands for a fair market price.
If you really want to add a touch of luxury or whatever to it, get a NAD C268 or C298.
Some people claim nad is not very reliable or high quality Amir tested several nads and they was junk with low specs for high price,
The point I am making, is that you can look outside the audiophile world and marketplaces - look at the professional audio, and public address (PA) market - the equipment DJ's and Live Bands use for their concerts...
Some of that gear, can blow preconceptions about "audiophile gear" up! - High power, at low prices, and purchase used, no loss in value on resale.
i am not familiar with this world, so i have no clue how to get that equipment , and i dont want to make costly mistake.
Ok, if you really want a very good integrated amp with built-in dac and lots of power, I would personally recommend the Krell K-300i. It's still not 200wpc but close. Rated 150w but tested 192w before clipping.
But then, it's very expensive. It's cheaper than ML but still very very expensive.
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i can call that Vintage piece of equipment rare hard to find and very high price not idea why, it will probably need repairs as well, since its more than 20 years old.
good people what do you think of parasound 200 integrated will it do my job is it better than denon , so far my current favourite is denon lets say it - only thing i dont like bulkiness..
and 000 availability.
Someone mentioned nad ,
C 268
nad that the unit i can get its widely available in europe and in my budget around 80w per channel
Speaker Amplifier | NAD Electronics | C 268 | 87 |
sinad specs 87 which are better than cambridge audio.
i can get this its in my budget , my only concern is thats its 80w per channel,
and not sure how reliability and resale value goes, also sinad is not very high,
this c268 is same price or more compared to the denon which is quite amazing,
also denon is with at least 25% wats per channel more powerfull.
Denon is with 101 sinad and same price and more features which i quite like like airplay streaming etcs etcs... multi channel.
Purifi is available in europe from chinese made amps mostly and its expensive compared to reliable unit like denon and it lacks features craftmen ships etcs quality.
Its not a simple chip inside only you need to have radiator good one enclosure etcs etcs.
Regarding Krell
i like it its solid unit,
Krell KAV-300i thats in my budget but i cant get proper specs.
Power output: 150Wpc into 8 ohms (21.8dBW), 300Wpc into 4 ohms (21.8dBW). THD: <0.06%, midband, rising to 0.3% at 20kHz. Input impedance: 210k ohms. Input overload: 9V RMS. Maximum voltage gain: 36.1dB. Input sensitivity: 55mV unbalanced, 28mV balanced, for full power, volume control maximum. Output impedance: 0.16 ohms. Power consumption at idle/standby: 50W.
year 1996