Getting started with integrated-advice.

Thanks for all of your responses. I have checked into all
of amps and sites and have purchased a c370. Thanks to
Tvad for the steer to spearit sound.
Next-speakers. ST

I helped my dad put together a system. After listening to a lot of stuff, we ended up with the c370 paired with an older, used pair of Thiel .5's (which are kind of halfway between a monitor and a floorstander). He also has a NAD tuner and dvd/cdp, and so enjoys being able to use one remote for everything. It's a nice system with a very smoooth, clear, and extended high frequency range. He bough the dvd from spearitsound on the web and was very pleased with their service.

You might want to call kiefsav.com in KS. Ordered many products over the years from them and their $$ and service
have been excellent. They carry NAD. They might even have a demo. Bill

If you're looking at Soliloquy 5.0 monitors then you should consider vintage EL84 integrated amps. All my friends who heard my Daystrom 282 ( same as Heathkit SA-2 except looks more modern.) in that power range got blown away by its sound. I bypass the treble-bass and invert control. The power produced by most of the EL84 pp amp ranges from 12Watt to 18Watt depends on the size of output transformer.

I am currently listening to polk minis on stands. Don't
know what they are. They sound okay with the Sony powered
sub from a compact system.
I saw some Soliloquy 5.0 monitors with stands on Audiogon
and I am interested in those. I will probably end up with
standed monitors and an upgraded sub of some type.

Thanks I think I'll look for a Nad c370. unfortunately I
just missed the two that were for sale on Audiogon and I am
without a nearby dealer. The only authorized dealer online
I could find was Yawa and they are backordered on that amp.
Good point about the remote too.

If you like the NAD stick with it so you can use the remote on both pieces. A friend has an NAD combo with the Paradigm Ref 20 speakers and sounds quite musical for the $$. Try some DH labs cables and interconnects, inexpensive but good.

What speakers do you plan to use?

Audio Refinement Complete is a great starter int. amp for about 600 used on audiogon.