Excuse me, please repeat that, what did you say, that I'm DEAF? The Rotel RB990BX amp has been tested at 211 peak amps, and should be enough to drive almost any speaker to meltdown. The companion RC980BX preamp is certainly a good preamp, although plain-jane. The combo used should run inside your budget. This listener tilts towards Sony ES:the 2000ESD plus a TAN77ES or TAN80ES is a fine combo, and will also destroy drivers on demand, and I just purchased used ANOTHER 2000ESD digital surround preamp, plus TWO TAN55ES amps for $1000 (which put out more that 300 watts run mono). Don't count out Marantz - the MA500 is inexpensive ($299 list new) and as you get more $$$ you can buy another pair and bridge them for 450 watts per side! Any of these options will provide you with inexpensive, low-distortion, high-power, state-of-the-art sound. (Same reply to question elsewhere in the Forum).
Help! Need amp recommendations.......
Hey, I'm looking for a high current amp at least 100watts per channel SS to drive my B&W DM630 floorstanding loudspeakers; by the way, has anyone heard these speakers? What did you think? Anyway, I'm on a budget and I'm not averse to buying used equipment....so i guess i'm looking for a amp/pre amp combo for less than 1K used. Any ideas? Thanx, Jefferson