I have been looking at a few YouTube reviews of budget amplifiers, which has me considering a budget purchase (around £100), but not seeing much that actually ticks my boxes.
The biggest box to tick is simplicity and being an actual power amp with an internal power supply. But cheap yet good sounding with low noise floor, in particular hiss as currently using 103db speakers as a stop gap. I simply want RCA input, XLR is a bonus, with a power switch, but so far all the budget power amps are actually integrated with a single input or two, volume controls, and power bricks.
I have a Yamaha E-800 processor sitting around which is simply not worth selling, that has pre outs, with center and rear channels at 70w per channel. And my lad and I quite enjoy it as a stereo pre amp, but he has been using it with a fan assisted PA amp that that is simply too deep to fit anywhere and the fans are noisy.
Something like the SMSL A100 but simplified would be great if it simply amplified a single input, I really do not want a bluetooth, single input integrated. A stereo RCA input, binding post ouput with a power on switch is all I need.
And available in the UK.
I know Emotiva is available in the UK, but as this is an old processor it really wont be used for movies any more, the Emotiva BasX A5 was pointed out as a nice sollution for an AV power amp to pair to the E-800, but the idea is to not spend money or pair it with anything costly.
The biggest box to tick is simplicity and being an actual power amp with an internal power supply. But cheap yet good sounding with low noise floor, in particular hiss as currently using 103db speakers as a stop gap. I simply want RCA input, XLR is a bonus, with a power switch, but so far all the budget power amps are actually integrated with a single input or two, volume controls, and power bricks.
I have a Yamaha E-800 processor sitting around which is simply not worth selling, that has pre outs, with center and rear channels at 70w per channel. And my lad and I quite enjoy it as a stereo pre amp, but he has been using it with a fan assisted PA amp that that is simply too deep to fit anywhere and the fans are noisy.
Something like the SMSL A100 but simplified would be great if it simply amplified a single input, I really do not want a bluetooth, single input integrated. A stereo RCA input, binding post ouput with a power on switch is all I need.
And available in the UK.
I know Emotiva is available in the UK, but as this is an old processor it really wont be used for movies any more, the Emotiva BasX A5 was pointed out as a nice sollution for an AV power amp to pair to the E-800, but the idea is to not spend money or pair it with anything costly.