Dascharisma
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Help me choose my first hifi amp
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I suggest you call Acoustic Sounds in Salina, Kansas, (785-825-8609), give them the information you've provided here as well as some budget specifics, and ask for their advice. They're a first class outfit, able to offer you expert advice and a wide array of choices, and shipping from them to you should be about as good as you might hope for. Good Luck, and welcome.

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A couple of others that might be worth considering are Upscale Audio , I've not done business with Kevin Deal, but if I didn't have a local dealer that I liked, I would. Underwood HiFi would also be tempting and our own, Jim T. thinks highly of Wally.

Still, names like NAD, Cambridge Audio, Jolida, all come to mind for good value on a modest budget. I think the Jolida 1501 RC integrated sounds really good and is an outrageous bargain. I liked it better than several amps costing twice as much. You can even order it with a sub output to take advantage of your booomer.

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Have you considered used gear? If you know what you want www.audiogon.com has lots of good used gear. Buying used you can get more power and/or higher quality for less.

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For the price,you can't beat Audio Source,They have good specs,beefy power supplies,balanced input and outputs,and they'll drive 2 ohm loads.

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