Threshold, Levinson, Bryston, Krell, ?others? used amps

My 2 cents...I have been holding onto my Threshold SA4E for a reason. It's a great amp at the cost. A  Super amp at the time and still kicks butt. I had Jon Soderburg do his magic and completely go through the amp and upgrade  stuff...really really nice. If some one would want to contact me...I just might let it go.....Mint...

I’ll mention a couple of real sleepers here that you can get well under $2K, $1K in fact. I agree with the above on the Odyssey Stratos, my friend has one and at 150 wpc it sounds great.

B&K EX442 Sonata, 200 into 8, 360 into 4, 75 amps peak to peak, it is incredibly tubey sounding. I used to sell these at the retail level when they came out and got one for myself. I ab/d against Paoli M70 monos (8417 highly modded Dyna mkIII’s) and very hard to tell them apart.

PS Audio 200C, some were prone to transformer hum, but recently saw one advertised that had no transformer hum for $500 in mint condition.

I would also put a Moscode 300 & Counterpoint SA20/220 on the list as well. I recently heard the Counterpoint and it sounded spectacular.  Some are cheap and I would avoid those.  My friend paid $1600 for his and remarked to stay away from one that is much less, it will be problematic.  I’m sure the Sonographe & Aragon 4004 are both nice sounding amps as well that can be had well under $1K.

Lots of choices but the best bang for the buck is the B&K.

I have A Bryston 4BSST and really like the sound and build quality. I picked it up second hand no regrets. 

I have A Bryston 4BSST and really like the sound and build quality. I picked it up second hand no regrets. 

The D-Sonic M3a-800S amp goes for $1475 new and pumps out 400/800W into 8/4Ohms.  Yeah it’s Class D — shoot me.  There’s a 6Moons review that indicates it punches well above its price, and I think they offer a 30-day trial.  Commence firing.