Vintage Onkyo Amps (sort of)

[betterthan]

I have been searching for that perfect balance between cost and performance for awhile...and I can't help but find myself looking at all the 80's (sort of vintage) onkyo integra amplifiers on ebay...

Seems like for what they spec out to...a few hundred for a M-504 or M-506 wouldn't be a horrible investment

Its pretty hard to find much information on the 1980s integra series...so I'm here asking for some experienced opinions...so feel free to offer what you will.

[gullaz]

Don't know much about integra series; I own a couple of old Onkyos and like very much their sound (above all the A-10) and I guess that also the 80's amps
are pretty good. An excellent source of information for Onkyo gear is this (unfortunately in german):

http://www.gardi.de/index.htm

they have a large archive and infos.

[Paul C]

Onkyo, and particularly the top of the line Integra gear, is rock solid equipment. :thmbsp:

[ManFromPorlock]

To tell the truth, I'm not really sure differences between power amps are all that important so long as a particular amp isn't noisy, underpowered or prone to exploding. Preamps, yes; power amps, I have my doubts.

At any rate, my main rig uses an Onkyo M-5160, which is a non-integra 80s model with 150 WPC and it sounds fine to me. I also have several other Onkyo items and Paul is absolutely right about their quality.

[avionic]

I really like the large lighted VU meters on the 504's .

[Lady Ayeka]

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/shaorin-chan/504.jpg

that's nice!:thmbsp::music: