Acurus amps

Hedco
Hedco Posts: 32
edited March 2011 in Electronics
Has anyone ever used or had any dealings with this amp? There is a 5x125 on the gon I'm looking at, wondering if its worth it.

Thanks.

As I asked this question it has sold. But there is a Acurus 100x3 also. Any help would be great.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,059
    edited March 2011
    I guess it all depends on what your trying to drive with it.
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  • Hedco
    Hedco Posts: 32
    edited March 2011
    I have a pioneer vsx-23 for a pre-amp, driving Def Tech promonitor 1000's and a procenter 2000.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,059
    edited March 2011
    From what I can gather, those speaks have a 4-8 ohm variance, meaning they can dip that low under certain conditions. Your receiver, however, is probably struggling with that. Look for a tad beefier of an amp to make those babies sing. Nice speakers btw. The Acurus will work, but I think you can do better.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Hedco
    Hedco Posts: 32
    edited March 2011
    Thanks Tony. Appreciate the honest feedback. Will look for something with more power. Thanks again.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,249
    edited March 2011
    Acurus was the "budget" line of Aragon. Nice amps for sure, if the price is right. They all can suffer from 2 issues. The power led indicator almost always fails and many times the power switch can fail, but much less often than the led.

    These are well built, beefy amps that sound better than their price in the day would indicate. I would think they would be great in an HT set-up with harder to drive speakers like LSi's.

    H9
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