Dear Sirs,
I have recently purchase a Kenwood KA-801 that I am presently using.
All considered I like its sound but ... I have decided to switch to separates.
And this for various reasons.
The first being that IMHO the preamp section of integrateds is usually not up to the standards set by their power amp section.
Usually they have a plethora of controls (balance, loudness, tone controls, CONTOURS EVEN !) that I dislike profoundly and that can go bad as well (scratching, unbalances, etc, etc).
So I am here for gathering suggestion on a very good sounding vintage POWER AMP to hunt around.
A high power is not mandatory as the quality of sound.
Up to now I have selected on the basis of the very valuable opinions from you experts here the following models:
ACCUPHASE P-300
SANSUI BA-F1
but of course I would like to enlarge the list very good sounding models because vintage amps of this caliber are not so common here in Italy.
Thank you very much indeed.
Kind regards,
beppe61
I have recently purchase a Kenwood KA-801 that I am presently using.
All considered I like its sound but ... I have decided to switch to separates.
And this for various reasons.
The first being that IMHO the preamp section of integrateds is usually not up to the standards set by their power amp section.
Usually they have a plethora of controls (balance, loudness, tone controls, CONTOURS EVEN !) that I dislike profoundly and that can go bad as well (scratching, unbalances, etc, etc).
So I am here for gathering suggestion on a very good sounding vintage POWER AMP to hunt around.
A high power is not mandatory as the quality of sound.
Up to now I have selected on the basis of the very valuable opinions from you experts here the following models:
ACCUPHASE P-300
SANSUI BA-F1
but of course I would like to enlarge the list very good sounding models because vintage amps of this caliber are not so common here in Italy.
Thank you very much indeed.
Kind regards,
beppe61
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