Looking at a used Nuprime IDA- 8 integrated.


Looking at a used Nuprime IDA- 8.  Does anyone care to chime in with their experience of this unit?  It will be for a second system used for mostly movies/TV (not really a home theater!) but occasional music.  Current speakers are Elac DBR 62 bookshelf.  I like the small size and simplicity.  I've been reading up and it gets some good press for what that's worth.  

Thanks!

pkatsuleas

Thanks soix and jjss49.  It's on local CL for $500.  I don't think I can go wrong!  As long as it checks out of course.

they are very good, well built, quite good sounding, compact, with plenty of power and features... i have built two simple, nice systems for friends based on the ida-8 and a node streamer

I think that’d be hard to beat for the price if buying new. The Bel Canto C6i is probably a big step up in performance but at almost $2800 it’s way up in price too. One other alternative would be to pick up a used Bel Canto C5i (the prior model) if it has the features/connectivity you want. Here’s one you could bid on and should be able to get for $900 - $1000 (MSRP $1795) since there’s a newer model.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/125483557318
 

Or you could buy a used IDA8 and save some $$$.

https://tmraudio.com/components/integrated-amplifiers/nuprime-ida-8-stereo-integrated-amplifier-dac-ida8-remote-bluetooth-usb/

Best of luck.