Recommendations on a Amp

shawnebrown

Ok, newbie here!!!

So after spending 2 days on this site and setting up my model 70's last night and with my CS2 coming in tomorrow, i have learned that I probably would benefit from a AMP.

Based on my system, does anyone have any recommendations? I just bought a house 3 weeks ago, so, a budget is a no brainer.

Thank you in advance...

phuz

A good start would be a used, Rotel, Parasound, Adcom, B&K, Carver, Sunfire, and so on.......

You'll find a lot on this topic, if you search.

shawnebrown

phuz. Thank you.. you just gave me the keywords to search on..

zingo

I assume you want a multi channel amp?

shawnebrown

zingo wrote: »

I assume you want a multi channel amp?

zingo.. my recievere is a multi-channel. So, does that mean yes?

Please bear w/ me.. i never knew I should have had a amp years ago. But, I thought it was odd I had to put the volume up pretty far to get room-filling sound..

zingo

If you pick-up a good, high current 5 channel amp, you should be set for a long time. Some guys drive the amp off their AVR like you, some go with a pre/pro like I did.

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampsmult&1280783284&/Carver-AV-505-5-ch-amplifier

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampsmult&1281038474&/Sunfire-Cinema-Grand-5-x-200

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampsmult&1281542447&/Parasound-5125-New-Classic

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampsmult&1281475092&/Rotel-RB-985-5-channel-poswer-

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampsmult&1281371180&/Adcom-GFA7000-Five-channel-pow

shawnebrown

zingo- wow, awesome.. thank you very much.

zingo

I'd also check your local craigslist as all of the above amps would probably require shipping; and amps are heavy.

thor098

During my upgrade adventure, I bought an Adcom 545 to use with my Marantz 2270. Didn't sound quite as nice as the internal Marantz amp. Then I bought a Parasound 1500a and wow - what a difference.

k0tuynh

+1 on Parasound. I own both Adcom 555 & Parasound HCA 2205A. I hook them to my M70's, parasound sounds much better.