2 Channel Amp for around $500?

[Nick250]

Well he said his Sony is 100 RMS per channel and he might suspect that it isnt giving him that rating (If its not giving you 100 rms like advertised) , your gonna blow a tweet ( if you like it loud ) .
If you give your speakers (maybe) a true 100 w rms ( the more the better ) , the less chance of clipping your speakers and better overall sound your gonna get .
I once seen a rating report on recievers a few years back ( consumer reports ) , it rated all the mass produced brands and some higherend brands , I remeber Sony failed badly , which most didnt come close to there advertised ratings . There was a few that did , NAD , H/K and a Pioneer ( they out did there ratings by a bit ) . I found it a quite interesting report and wonder if there producing any better numbers now days .

Hope this is clear , its late .

So "clean" vs "non clean" the way you are using it means more power vs less power.

Nick

 

[dave1490]

i listend to a carver m1.5 once{300 watts a side, headroom to 600 and 150watts that can be bourrowed on top of that=750 a side hence 1500watts for short time}.but i didnt like the lack of bass many people say this.

 

[dave1490]

carver is not that clean if you look at the thd ratings thier rated at.5% most in this catagory are .01

 

[wire]

carver is not that clean if you look at the thd ratings thier rated at.5% most in this catagory are .01

Its because Carver Mods his Amps to sound like tube Amps . His amps are different then most conventional amps . Just look at his new stuff , Sunfire .
I own a TFM 35 , Its crystal clear and powerful and its specs . look similar to the majority of his work ( I think when you look at the 35x , the specs are different then my 35 because of Lucas , but those amps are not as soft sounding ) .

 

[Nomo]

Umm....
Back to the original issue; Before spending 500 bucks on an amp, why not look into replacing the receiver?
I owned a Sony a few years a ago, and to cut through the BS, it sucked.
500 bucks can buy a pretty decent Yammy (my choice), Onkyo, or Denon, not to mention a few other 7.1 receivers.

Just a thought.

 

[highfihoney]

Unless you can bump your budget up a bit i dont think you'll find much over at audiogon that will do you much good power wise,for your budget its hard to beat a good pro amp,just go to your local guitar store & see what they have to offer within your budget,there should be quite a few choices from crown,qsc,behringer,alesis,$500 should be able to get you 300wpc to 500wpc.

Stay away from pro amps like pyle pro & blue ice,both are junk.

 

[zumbo]

Umm....
Back to the original issue; Before spending 500 bucks on an amp, why not look into replacing the receiver?
I owned a Sony a few years a ago, and to cut through the BS, it sucked.
500 bucks can buy a pretty decent Yammy (my choice), Onkyo, or Denon, not to mention a few other 7.1 receivers.

Just a thought.

There is no doubt here. Adding an amp to a receiver that sucks is only going to make it suck worse. Find a good deal on a Yamaha. I would look for a 2500, if HDMI/DVI is not needed. You can find a good deal on one. If you want a current model, just get the best deal you can find for your money.

http://www.yamaha.com/yec/compare/Detail.html?compitem1=&compitem2=200506&compitem3=200004&CTID=5000300&VNM=LIVE&comp_items=200004&comp_items=200506&B_compare.x=36&B_compare.y=8

refurb 2500
http://www.amazon.com/YAMAHA-RX-V2500-Digital-Theater-Receiver/dp/B000782SR8/sr=1-1/qid=1168459492/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6327035-3494245?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

new 659
http://www.ubid.com/New_Yamaha_RXV659_XM_Ready_7.1_Channel_Home_Theater_Receiver/a901378691-rsearchone.html

Plenty of both on ebay.

If you could swing $799, Crutchfield has a killer deal on a 1600.
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-XI9QGxRYWMQ/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=10420&I=022RXV1600&search=Yamaha+VENDORID022&SearchDisplay=Yamaha

EDIT: Link I found on Audioholics Ad: http://www.electrified.com/Catalog/Suppliers/Default.aspx?tPath=Supplierddl&SupplierID=61

 

[billnchristy]

You could go with a $200 Panasonic XR55 and probably do better (coming from someone who just recently junked a sony reciever).

In fact, you could do that, and add two emotiva BPAs if that didnt give you enough juice for right over $500.