Used an Adcom GTP 500 II tuner/preamp for 13 years and it worked fine. Then one day I was moving equipment around and tried a vintage Marantz receiver as a preamp instead and the sound was significantly different ... in favor of the Marantz.
Why not just get a receiver? The Outlaw Audio RR2150 is an excellent two channel receiver for the money ($600). NAD also makes the C720BEE (C320BEE amplifier with a tuner) for about the same money. There is also the Denon DRA 395 ($350). The Yamaha 657 HT receiver (replaced by the 659) was well reviewed for its excellent amplifier section ($500).
Receivers will more than suffice for budget/bedroom/office purposes. By the way, who cares if the purists frown ... for the most part they wouldn't even bother to investigate what is available/possible at the budget points.
Monitors from companies like NHT (like the discontinued SB2 or SB3) or Wharfedale (Diamond 9 series) and CD players from Cambridge Audio work very well with these receivers.
Regards, Rich
Why not just get a receiver? The Outlaw Audio RR2150 is an excellent two channel receiver for the money ($600). NAD also makes the C720BEE (C320BEE amplifier with a tuner) for about the same money. There is also the Denon DRA 395 ($350). The Yamaha 657 HT receiver (replaced by the 659) was well reviewed for its excellent amplifier section ($500).
Receivers will more than suffice for budget/bedroom/office purposes. By the way, who cares if the purists frown ... for the most part they wouldn't even bother to investigate what is available/possible at the budget points.
Monitors from companies like NHT (like the discontinued SB2 or SB3) or Wharfedale (Diamond 9 series) and CD players from Cambridge Audio work very well with these receivers.
Regards, Rich