The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt

I've tried too many amps to count and have been very impressed with ChiFi. Best $, period. Best audio BARGAIN.

Just got Shengya A10CS from eBay seller "listeningchina" for $800 shipped for US 110V version. it's same as Vincent SV-236 MkII sold in US for $2,000. My decision was based on glowing review on Stereophile April 2009 issue.

Wow. No kidding and can see why this int amp has been darling of TAS too as "Editor's Choice" for 3 years straight (2006 to 2008).

This along with Esound CD-E5 will be with me for a while.

I've owned following amps in last 10 years: Linn Classik, Monachy SE100, Marsh Audio (another TAS fave), Bel Canto evo, PS Audio digital (Bel Canto was way better), Nuforce, Dussun V8i - all in order. So went from solid state to digital back to solid state (Dussun was another great sounding 90lb bargain) to tube/ss hybrid.

Listen guys, just take TAS and Stereophile's glowing reviews says it all and yeah incredible BARGAIN at only $800!

Lastly be careful when you buy from China as most are 220V.

It seems like the trusty Behringers are still the reference standard for the price of dirt.

For those of you who try to pay your bills by selling Ongaku amps, I will concede that one of my "monoblocks" has a noisy volume control after two years of constant use.

Perhaps this can be fixed with some contact cleaner.

They otherwise continue to sound great and work like champs with my ATC monitors on my desktop.

cheers,

has someone mention diyparadie charlize ta2020? Can't beat it's value for money for only less than $100. Someone might ask what can $100 amp do in term of hifi? Just find out more at their forum. It's claimed to beat multi thousand dollar tube amp

Hope this help. Just a v satisfied customer for the money paid. It's in module form though

Erwin

Milen007, Thank you for stopping bye. I did go to the web site and the T Switching Amp named "charlize" did look interesting, but Oh Charlize is a beauty ... her picture depicts a true motion picture star. I have watched all of her films.

As for the Amp it certianly qualifies as a DIY'er and for someone that feels 10W is what they need to create beauty... Go For It ...

Recently, I purchased a beautiful pair of Mageplaner 12OR's that I mated with the A-500's and Mapleshade Double Helix Speaker Cable. A match made in heaven. I have used several front ends all sucessfully. For far-less than 1K using a digital front end including Sony HD Radio, anyone can have a mono-block system with planar speaker that competes with just about everything out there , deep bass exempted. A Hi-End life anyone can afford without going broke.