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In Reply to: RE: What the world needs is a good $500 amp. posted by DrChaos on May 16, 2012 at 23:05:25:
+1 on Class D Audio.
Gainclones are another option at lower power.
Even lower powered, look at the MiniWatt tube amp.
I have heard and really enyoyed all of these. The amp near this price point that I am most intrigued by is the Dayens Ampino.
Dayens and MiniWatt both have volume pots, but they are totally passive IIRC. Some folks have chosen to bypass them, others just run them wide-open or at a level that provides the most suitable gain for their system in combination with a preamp.
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- RE: What the world needs is a good $500 amp. - roscoeiii 09:04:14 05/17/12 (9)
- +2 for Class D Audio - Feanor 19:28:25 05/18/12 (3)
- RE: +2 for Class D Audio - rmyauck 19:50:07 05/18/12 (2)
- Tubes are just a different sound - Feanor 06:13:26 05/20/12 (1)
- RE: Tubes are just a different sound - rmyauck 09:59:31 05/20/12 (0)
- RE: What the world needs is a good $500 amp. - ahendler 14:39:23 05/17/12 (1)
- RE: What the world needs is a good $500 amp. - roscoeiii 16:05:30 05/17/12 (0)
- RE: What the world needs is a good $500 amp. - Jack D II 11:15:57 05/17/12 (2)
- ...or a listener who can't tell a difference between amps. - soldermizer 14:49:27 05/17/12 (1)
- My cleaning lady can tell the difference - Wojciech 17:45:08 05/24/12 (0)