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Hi folks,
I'm very new to AA, and have recently started looking into building a 2/5 channel system. The information on this and other forums has been incredibly valuable. However, I'm still overwhelmed by the options out there for amplifiers. My budget is mid-fi, so I'm looking at used Rotel, emotiva, arcam, outlaw and sherbourn.
One thing I've not seen is any kind of quantitative comparison of different amplifiers. Did I miss something on this or another forum? For my own benefit, I'm putting together a spreadsheet of some basic features of different amps: Things like: Ratio of 4/8 ohm power, Watts/per dollar value, and average selling price of used gear at online auction (how well do these hold their value?)
There are other aspects of amplifier build specifications that I honestly don't understand. Can anyone suggest some additional metrics or indices that are important indicators of amplifier build quality/performance?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Zdog
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Topic - metrics of amplifier quality/value? - zdog 08:06:49 08/31/14 (20)
- manufacturer reputation and age - madisonears 21:13:50 09/04/14 (2)
- RE: manufacturer reputation and age - Jack D II 09:53:13 09/05/14 (1)
- RE: manufacturer reputation and age - pictureguy 17:36:30 09/11/14 (0)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - mkuller 08:09:17 09/03/14 (0)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - pictureguy 19:17:34 09/01/14 (2)
- +1! nt - Dman 09:19:37 09/03/14 (0)
- hear, hear (nt) - Tom Schuman 01:25:02 09/02/14 (0)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - fredtr 11:09:05 09/01/14 (0)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - fantja 09:18:22 09/01/14 (0)
- Generally speaking... - rlw 08:14:16 09/01/14 (0)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - jedrider 17:32:27 08/31/14 (0)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - AbeCollins 14:26:40 08/31/14 (8)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - Disbeliever 09:32:07 09/02/14 (1)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - AbeCollins 22:16:43 09/02/14 (0)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - zdog 07:40:01 09/01/14 (5)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - rick_m 08:29:08 09/02/14 (2)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - pictureguy 09:27:33 09/02/14 (1)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - rick_m 10:43:28 09/02/14 (0)
- RE: metrics of amplifier quality/value? - AbeCollins 12:24:46 09/01/14 (0)
- For the money spent... - rlw 08:16:07 09/01/14 (0)