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In Reply to: RE: Power amps, and 7.1 denon posted by Dirtweed on October 25, 2016 at 17:11:07
You said not much money but didn't give what your budget might be.
You might try a 2-channel amp for music and run the center/rear from the receiver. This should give you good power unless you listen to multichannel music.
ATI from the 2k series up will really move your speakers. I like digital amps for HT due to most having auto turn on. Although you could do the same with a trigger cable.
Parasound as suggested is a good option and great value.
On a budget you might also want to look at the marantz separate amps.
There are a large number of options without some way to narrow it down.
Adcom is a good option on the used market, I'd look for a 555 or 5500, the 5500 being newer, although both are discontinued.
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My budget is cheap, but not so cheap that i won't purchase something good for a decent buck. I would spend up to 1000 to get my system pumping properly. hoping to get some bang for my buck and get some direction on this forum as to where i should start looking. A friend recommended Arcam, and Carver... the carver amps i looked at were well out of my price range.
I am trying to get two ten inch cerwin vegas to pump.
I have a Carver m1.0t powering my front mains. It's 200 wpc and actually uses little of that power because my subs do the heavy lifting. I've had it since 1986, and it was repaired and brought up to factory specs by Carver just before they went out of business and closed their repair shop.
The problem with this and some of the older Carver amps is parts availability. When this one was repaired, they told me that they had no future availability for some of the parts that they replaced.
I'm not a fan of Carver personally. Arcam sounds good but they are expensive and unless have changed recently spec and designed to work with 4 ohm speakers.
The Adcom amps I mentioned used are a good deal and typically run $500.00 give or take depending on condition and owner. A Bryston 3Bst usually sells used in your budget, although only rated at about 100 watts I guarantee it would romp the CV's. Plus, if I remember they can be bridged so down the road you can buy another and have monoblocks, at least double the power.
New, the Marantz are a good buy. For a bit more money, I think around $1300.00 Rotel has a Class D amp 200x2 that would do the job. I believe the Parasound Halo A23 is also not much over your budget. There may be some other offerings in your price but that's what I have off the top of my head, LOL.
Keep in mind not all watts are created equal. I think you are on the right track. A separate amp should have a larger and better power supply and stronger output stage, though it may be close to the same power rating as your receiver, it will be better equipped to drive your speakers.
Here is a link to a Craigslist ad that i was interested in... will post a couple others too
https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/ele/5808370980.html
Look into this. He exaggerates a bit but it's a strong amp that will rock your CV's
I took your advice and found a Bryston3b. the guy gave me a demo and i knew i was buying it. I took it home and set it up. There are insane amounts of hum coming from my mains when i hooked it up. If i unplug the input, it is dead silent, but as soon as it's hooked up to the Denon's pre out,Hum like crazy, i had to adjust the gain controls on the amp front until the hum went away, but now the speakers are quiet and still not moving like i want. During the demo, the thing shook the entire house with 2 12' old school JBL speakers... this is getting very frustrating. lol
Sorry, I'm not familiar with that brand
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