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Integrated Amplifier Recommendations Needed

I have a pair of JBL L112 speakers in excellent condition, but I would like an integrated amplifier to drive them. The JBLs are fairly efficient, 89 dB @ 1 W/1 M, and the maximum recommended amplifier power is 300 watts. My room is 20X25 with 10-foot ceilings.  

100 wpc would be adequate; what do you all recommend?  I want to stay under $2000, and used equipment is fine.

I listen to 80% jazz, from small groups to big bands.  The rest mixes classical, classic rock, Steely Dan, etc.  

Best,

 

MB

 

samdance
elliottbnewcombjr
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Under Budget, $1,550. says he has 4 of them, Plinius 8200P MKII incl Phono

https://www.highperformancestereo.com/power-amplifiers/plinius-8200p-mkii-stereo-amplifier-4-available.html

 

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mbmi
572 posts
 

I have a line on a Beautiful, like new BELLES ARIA for $1500...You can't touch this for Musicality @ that price point.  Florida.

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perazzi28
233 posts
 

Give this a look, Gato AMP-150 AE Integrated Amplifier 

https://www.gato-audio.com/eu/amp-150.html

https://youtu.be/SOvxLIM0GNk

 

Happy hunting

jl35
4,011 posts
 

The Gato Amp 150 is sonically identical to the 150AE version...

helomech
1,694 posts
 

Around $2K on the used market, the Denon PMA A110 and Yamaha A-S2100 are hard to beat. IME, both are competitive with integrateds in the $6K-$8K range from other brands. As an example, both have a lower noise floor than the Luxman 507z. The Yamaha produces deeper bass and sounds more powerful despite the lower power output.


I owned the Hegel H190 for a time and found it was overtly warm and rolled off in the highs. It also had an unacceptably high noise floor for an integrated at its price point, even at secondhand prices. All the lower priced Hegels run quite warm because they cram a bunch of transistors onto a single heatsink that really isn’t up to task. 

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