In Reply to: RE: Mid-fi brands : any preference . . . posted by bjh on April 30, 2012 at 06:26:56:
That's my take it on it.
I greatly preferred the Rotel amps at the same prices over NAD. The brightness isn't there like the old models (or it's been tamed much more). Arcam is like Rotel but more expensive - I'd lean Rotel for preamp/integrated and maybe Arcam for CD players.
Cambridge Audio also floats around this price point.
Roksan is a step up but the price steps up as well.
OP - you can always buy used - a number of years ago I picked up a Sugden A48b integrated for $350ish including phono stage. The sound is less hi-fi and more music first oriented. So richer deeper bass - loves tone and timbre and acoustic instruments - not as big a soundstage or airy but I'd be looking at the used market - to me it sounded better than my Rotel Separates or Arcam gear that I owned. I regret selling the Sugden - not because what replaced it wasn't better but that Sugden's don't turn up that often and it would have been great in a second system.
Then again you could also look into tube amps such as the following - might be great
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