5-6-7 channel amp

NeilGabriel
NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
edited January 2008 in Wanted (WTB) Classifieds
I just picked up a nice B&K pre/pro for Xmas and would like to get a decent used multi-channel amp. Something with, um,....oomph. It will run the HT in a fairly large room. 4 ohm stable would be nice if I decide to put the LSi9s in the system. Thanks a lot, Mike
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited December 2007
    Whats the budget?
    The Basement HT
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited December 2007
    Gaara wrote: »
    Whats the budget?

    Definitely under a thousand. I've been looking at stuff in the $600 range (Parasound 1206 and Outlaw 750 and an older Adcom 7605) I also just bought a second HTR, so this is an indulgence....just don't tell the wife...thanks

    Mike

    feel free to email to mms3rd@everestkc.net
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited December 2007
    B&K makes amps too. I would agree with the older Adcom's, and Parrasound also.
    Happy hunting
    Ben
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited December 2007
    ben62670 wrote: »
    B&K makes amps too. I would agree with the older Adcom's, and Parrasound also.
    Happy hunting
    Ben

    Right...but they push me to the edge of the budget. If it weren't for these kids....man, what I would buy!
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited December 2007
    What about something like this? B&K 5x125 for $645.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited December 2007
    Gaara wrote: »
    What about something like this? B&K 5x125 for $645.

    Nice find G. Big transformer, and caps. Very nice indeed:)
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited December 2007
    B&K makes great amps. I think that one is a very good deal on Agon. I really love their stuff and have owned 3-4 of their amps (stereo and multichannel). Give it a try!
    Stereo Rig: Hales Revelation 3, Musical Fidelity CD-Pre 24, Forte Model 3 amp, Lexicon RT-10 SACD, MMF-5 w/speedbox, Forte Model 2 Phono Pre, Cardas Crosslink, APC H15, URC MX-950, Lovan Stand
    Bedroom: Samsung HPR-4252, Toshiba HD-A2, HK 3480, Signal Cable, AQ speaker cable, Totem Dreamcatchers, SVS PB10-NSD, URC MX-850
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited December 2007
    Thanks. I think this might be a relisting as I think I had emailed this guy....maybe it had been on Videogon. Anyway, I sent off an email to him...I would rather put some money in the pocket of a forum member than a stranger..unless she is just really cute stranger of course.

    Mike
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited December 2007
    ben62670 wrote: »
    B&K makes amps too. I would agree with the older Adcom's, and Parrasound also.
    Happy hunting
    Ben


    I guess when you are too old to hunt the singles bars, you hunt the audio classifieds.....well, it beats stamp collecting anyway...no offense to stamp collectors. Thanks for the PM, ben.
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited December 2007
    Anyone bought from this fella on A-gon? Clydedrexl136 Please PM if you have any info. Seems like a nice guy...and has a whole lotta of stuff for sale...I assume he buys up stuff and resells.....

    Someone I just bought from had to get his bearings straight after coming back from overseas before he could accept my offer. Then he has a different paypal name than A-gon name, and then he has someone else carry the unit to the USPS and sign for it....does this sound fishy? Or am I just a cynic? Thanks and thanks again.
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited December 2007
    Hello Neil,

    I have an Acurus 125x5 I bought from Early B last december that I'm not sure I want to keep anymore. I bought the amp planning on upgrading to Lsis or Rtis in a few months but things did not work out financially whatsoever. Even though the acurus makes the monitors 50s sound great, I feel the h/k reciever does just fine for my cheap speakers.

    When I recieved the amp from early B, I noticed a slight static sound coming from the right channel. I thought there might of been something wrong so I brought the amp over to Carl's house ( schwarcw). He hooked them up to monitor 7s using better quality speaker wires and the static sound was gone and the speakers sounded amazing. I made a thread last year about the issue so I just wanted to make sure you at least knew about it.

    Anyways, I haven't put a set price on it yet but I payed 550 shipped so I was thinking a few bucks lower than that should be fair. let me know if you are interested.

    Thanks
    Tom
    AVR: H/K AVR240
    Fronts: Monitor 50s
    Center: CSI3
    surrounds: R15s
    Sub:Velodyne DPS10
    Dvd/Cd: Samsung HD upconverter (for now)
    TV: 50" Sammy Plasma
    game hardware: 360 and gcn.
    Gamertag: kovster27
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  • jabrax
    jabrax Posts: 315
    edited December 2007
    i recently pickup of an emotiva lpa1 7 channel (5X125 2X50) new for 450. Sounds great so far. I will share my experiences later. http://www.emotiva.com/
    TV...............Hitachi 42hdS52a plasma (sexy one with the swival)
    Pre/Processor - Emotiva MMC
    Seven Ch AMP - Emotiva LPA
    Fronts - Tyler Acoustics 7U's
    Center - Polk LSIC
    Sub - DSWPRO600
    DAC - Music Hall 25.3CD - Marantz cc4001
    Blue Ray - PS3
    Speaker cables - Audioquest cv4 dbs
    Interconnects - MIT AVT1's
    Power Filter....Monster HTS 3500 MKII
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited December 2007
    Bump...in case someone has too much gear after Christmas, or needs to raise money to pay for the fruit cakes.
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited December 2007
    NeilGabriel wrote: »
    Bump...in case someone has too much gear after Christmas, or needs to raise money to pay for the fruit cakes.

    No answer?

    Did you miss my post or just ignored it...

    Whats wrong, not enough power? the issue I thought I had with the amp? My name is tommyboy?

    Sorry, I'd rather have an answer no matter how negative it is rather than being ignored.
    AVR: H/K AVR240
    Fronts: Monitor 50s
    Center: CSI3
    surrounds: R15s
    Sub:Velodyne DPS10
    Dvd/Cd: Samsung HD upconverter (for now)
    TV: 50" Sammy Plasma
    game hardware: 360 and gcn.
    Gamertag: kovster27
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited December 2007
    tommyboy wrote: »
    No answer?

    Did you miss my post or just ignored it...

    Whats wrong, not enough power? the issue I thought I had with the amp? My name is tommyboy?

    Sorry, I'd rather have an answer no matter how negative it is rather than being ignored.

    PM'd you. Sorry if I violated some protocol.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited December 2007
    Tommy, let me know how this works out... I may be in the market for a 5 channel amp in the next few months... something with some power for my RTi's, but nothing over $500 I'd think.

    Cheers!
    Honoured to be, an original SOPA founding member
    Stuff...

    RTi12's - front
    CSi5 - center
    FXi3's - surrounds
    RTi4's - surrounds
    SVS PB12-NSD/2 - sub :D:D:D
    Denon 3805
    Rotel RB-985 5-Channel Amplifier

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  • kwikrnu
    kwikrnu Posts: 32
    edited December 2007
    There was an lpa-1 from emotiva that sold used on ebay the other day for $360. Maybe watch ebay for a deal.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2008
    NeilGabriel wrote: »
    Anyone bought from this fella on A-gon? Clydedrexl136 Please PM if you have any info. Seems like a nice guy...and has a whole lotta of stuff for sale...

    I bought several pieces from Clyde "The Glide" Drexler. Remember this guy? He used to play in the NBA for Houston. I had stuff sent to me from Houston & Dallas. This clydedrexl136 is from Dallas. Could it be the same guy? If it is you can trust this guy all day long.
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited January 2008
    stereo_luver wrote: »
    I bought several pieces from Clyde "The Glide" Drexler. Remember this guy? He used to play in the NBA for Houston. I had stuff sent to me from Houston & Dallas. This clydedrexl136 is from Dallas. Could it be the same guy? If it is you can trust this guy all day long.

    He's the guy. Has great feedback on A-gon....and writes some very nice emails...being the cynic I am, they almost seemed too nice. I wonder how he picks up so many nice pieces. He says he is 31, which makes him a little young to remember Drexler! Thanks for the input.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited January 2008
    I'm 27 and I know of Clyde the Glide. I would guess anyone remotely aware of the NBA in the late 80's early 90's would be very familiar with him. Great player for Portland and even Houston, just the next level under Magic, Bird, Jordan, Isiah, etc.

    I've emailed that guy about some Agon gear since I'm local. He's very nice but very prudent / cautious. He writes "prefer you come see it in person if possible" on a bunch of his ads, so I emailed saying I might like an amp and wanted to swing by to see some of the in person. He nicely said if I was genuinely interested in a specific amp I could set up a time to view it, but he wasn't about to let me "swing by" to check out his gear. Guess he thought I was trying to case his joint or something.

    Good luck with your amp quest. I'd still be on the lookout for B&K stuff to match your pre-pro, and due to their value and reliability.
    Stereo Rig: Hales Revelation 3, Musical Fidelity CD-Pre 24, Forte Model 3 amp, Lexicon RT-10 SACD, MMF-5 w/speedbox, Forte Model 2 Phono Pre, Cardas Crosslink, APC H15, URC MX-950, Lovan Stand
    Bedroom: Samsung HPR-4252, Toshiba HD-A2, HK 3480, Signal Cable, AQ speaker cable, Totem Dreamcatchers, SVS PB10-NSD, URC MX-850
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited January 2008
    AndyGwis wrote: »
    I'm 27 and I know of Clyde the Glide. I would guess anyone remotely aware of the NBA in the late 80's early 90's would be very familiar with him. Great player for Portland and even Houston, just the next level under Magic, Bird, Jordan, Isiah, etc.

    I've emailed that guy about some Agon gear since I'm local. He's very nice but very prudent / cautious. He writes "prefer you come see it in person if possible" on a bunch of his ads, so I emailed saying I might like an amp and wanted to swing by to see some of the in person. He nicely said if I was genuinely interested in a specific amp I could set up a time to view it, but he wasn't about to let me "swing by" to check out his gear. Guess he thought I was trying to case his joint or something.

    Good luck with your amp quest. I'd still be on the lookout for B&K stuff to match your pre-pro, and due to their value and reliability.

    Thanks, Andy. I am still looking. Right now I am trying to get the NAD HTR working that I just got off A-gon. Cannot get any sound out....geeez...I don't need these headaches.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2008
    Hey wait a minute here. I bought from Clyde himself from HIS collection. I didn't know this was someone else. Sorry
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited January 2008
    Neil - I thought you got a B&K prepro? Wasn't that what started the amp search? I think I'm lost.

    Stereo - really, the REAL Clyde himself? I thought it was just some dude that had ClydeDrexler as his username. If it's clyde himself, then I'm impressed and am gonna go buy some stuff off him just because he's famous.
    Stereo Rig: Hales Revelation 3, Musical Fidelity CD-Pre 24, Forte Model 3 amp, Lexicon RT-10 SACD, MMF-5 w/speedbox, Forte Model 2 Phono Pre, Cardas Crosslink, APC H15, URC MX-950, Lovan Stand
    Bedroom: Samsung HPR-4252, Toshiba HD-A2, HK 3480, Signal Cable, AQ speaker cable, Totem Dreamcatchers, SVS PB10-NSD, URC MX-850
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited January 2008
    AndyGwis wrote: »
    Neil - I thought you got a B&K prepro? Wasn't that what started the amp search? I think I'm lost.

    Stereo - really, the REAL Clyde himself? I thought it was just some dude that had ClydeDrexler as his username. If it's clyde himself, then I'm impressed and am gonna go buy some stuff off him just because he's famous.

    The fella on A-gon is Steven Fox with ClydeDrexl136 as screen name.

    I got the B&K pre/pro and also got the NAD T762. I couldn't decide which way to go at the time, so I got both. The B&K seemed like a great price given its original list price.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2008
    AndyGwis wrote: »
    Stereo - really, the REAL Clyde himself? I thought it was just some dude that had ClydeDrexler as his username. If it's clyde himself, then I'm impressed and am gonna go buy some stuff off him just because he's famous.

    See above.......I bought from Clyde himself. Not this guy on AGon. The Jolida I'm using now in my 2 channel is from Clyde.
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited January 2008
    stereo_luver wrote: »
    See above.......I bought from Clyde himself. Not this guy on AGon. The Jolida I'm using now in my 2 channel is from Clyde.

    And it was a slam dunk!
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