Don’t be fooled by the yamaha’s 100 watt rating. I owned the AS3000 for years and one thing I never encountered was limited dynamic capabilities. Expensive yes, but what a nice integrated. I knew I would regret selling it.
Looking for a New Amp to Try, Integrated? Power?
Not sure to go integrated or power. What would you choose? the Yamaha looks sexy, but with only 100WPC and just average 4ohm stability, might not be worth the price. The Denon PMA 110 Anniversary is probably the best sounding machine with 4 on board DAC, however, at 80wpc, hmm. Rotel on the the hand at 200wpc and 350wpc offers good power reserves.
My music is not played at deaf sounding volume, just want that power reserve to be able to drive speakers to hear the fine details. A100wpc or 80wpc is more than adequate for home usage. But curious to know everyone's opinion, Im open to other suggestions too.
Review the following:
Rotel RB1582
Rotel RB 1590
Denon PMA 110 Anniversary
Yamaha AS3200
My music is not played at deaf sounding volume, just want that power reserve to be able to drive speakers to hear the fine details. A100wpc or 80wpc is more than adequate for home usage. But curious to know everyone's opinion, Im open to other suggestions too.
Review the following:
Rotel RB1582
Rotel RB 1590
Denon PMA 110 Anniversary
Yamaha AS3200
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are you using those speakers for both music and home theater? if so, you might want a separate ’front stereo system’ (integrated with HT Bypass feature), and an AVR with Pre-Out. best of both worlds. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/avr-internal-2-channel-audio-mode-or-ht-bypass-external-equip... in that case, the front integrated get’s the advantage of the 803’s higher efficiency the AVR, enough for the center and surrounds, there you go. you might think about changing to higher efficiency for the smaller speakers rather than buying a bigger amp for low efficiency ones. |
If the "Nautilus 803's" are anything like the later 803 models (D's), they will perform much better given more power. By the specs B&W look like relatively easy speakers to drive but they still seem to shine with more power. I have 802D's & power them with a Magnus Audio MA400 amp. The combination is wonderful. |
Knowing what speakers and room size would help quite a bit. Reason we need to know the specs of your speakers to suggest an appropriate amp/integrated. You may think you need big power but if your speakers are efficient and easy to drive than its a waist of money buying big power. for example. Could go the other way as well. |
