2. amps-preamps
  3. 1071007811

B&K Ref 50 or Anthem avm20

I'm quite limited on good equipment where I live and it boils down to these two preamps. I am using the Anthem MCA5 and MCA2 for my amps and klipsch RF7 speakers. The two stores we have in town both have great sales pitches. I am hoping for some outside input on which would be better
jdwright
tfkaudio
591 posts
 
I have not owned the REF 50, but I have not been happy with B&K components that I have owned. From my point of view, B&K did very well with signal amplification, but not so well with component control & switching (preamp stuff). Anthem has a good reputation in the price/performance category, so I would opt for Anthem. I haven't heard the Anthem AVM20, however. Good luck.
flemke
595 posts
 
Take a look at AVSFORUM.COM and HOMETHEATERSPOT.COM.

Lot's of info. I own the ref.30 and have had zero trouble with it.

Tim
leeda2
1 posts
 
with the recent price drop on the b&k, it would be hard not to give the ref 50 some serious consideration over the anthem. i have not heard the anthem, but know that at the $3000 price point, the b&k and anthem are in the same price/performance category.
More to discover