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In Reply to: RE: Budget amp (850-1300 bucks) for Magnepan MG 12 posted by Satie on October 11, 2014 at 07:32:09
Hi guys!, i'm overwhelmed by your kind interest. Thank's for all your useful advices. As all of you said, maybe it's needed more information for better recommendations.
So... my room is 3 x 4 meters long (pretty small) and the ceiling is about 2.35 meters tall. There is no relevant obstacle in the room, there's a Led TV in front of a couch and a bookshelf in one wall. The floor is made of something like ceramic and with no carpet. I won´t listen at too loud levels and mostly i will listen to jazz, classical music (modern and contemporary) and prog rock (70's).
Sadly, here in Perú, i´m limited only to these brands:
NAD, Peachtree, Cambridge Audio, Musical Fidelity, Rega, Bryston, Conrad-Johnson, Mark Levinson, Oppo (in blu-ray players), and McIntosh. But dealers have almost the same prices here in Perú :D (compared to U.S. )
...or maybe i can order directly a cheap Emotiva amp plus taxes and stuff?
Emotiva XPA-200, 400 bucks (150 watts / channel; into 8 Ohms; both channels driven.
(240 watts / channel; into 4 ohms both channels driven)...
And once again, thanks all of you :D
Follow Ups:
If you are good with ordering for delivery then the Emotiva is a good choice, leaving you with a good budget for a decent preamp/DAC.
Of the brands available locally, the Peachtree Nova and the NAD 375BEE would be the top choices near your budget, these have the specs into 4 ohms and have sufficient power to do your speakers justice. Your small room will not need any more than this even for headbanger heavy metal, or the classical equivalent of Wagner.
The emotiva is the best bang for the buck in new equipment for power output and i really enjoy my upa1's. They do have a "brighter" more detailed sound than my Conrad Johnson for instance but they certainly do well with maggies.
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