The Sony ES series power amps had level controls and worked nicely. I think the TA-N55ES, at 110 watts, is not a bad choice in your price range. I owned a couple of these amps and found them to be very revealing, sometimes a tad bright maybe. I preferred them to Adcom. Good luck.
Best value power amp with output level controls.
Over the years, my former "high end" audio system has dissipated somewhat. Remaining, however, are a Melos Sha-Gold preamplifier and a Parasound D/AC 1600 HDCD DAC. I currently utilizing the Melos exclusively as a headphone amplifier only. I wish to purchase a power amp with output level controls (as the photentiometer in the Melos seems not to be operating properly) so to fully realize the potentential of the SHA-Gold. My price range is $300.00 and below. In Audiogon, I have seen and am interested in the following; Parasound HCA-800 II; Hafler P-1500; and Hafler 9130. As far as new units are concerned, the Audio Source Amp 200 is intriqueing. My speakers are a pair of Infinity Alpha 10's and my subwoofer is Velodyne 1215X. My musical tastes are "light rock" and hard pop", if that makes any sense. Any and all comments and advice are most welcomed.
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