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In Reply to: Best Integrated Amplifier...HELP!!!!!! posted by M on March 17, 2001 at 00:46:57:
Didn't read all of below posts.
So if I repeat some other suggestions, forgive...Consider a nice vintage, tube piece from Fisher or Scott.
It can either be an integrated or a receiver.
All will have good line and phono sections.
Since you have $1,100 budget, you'll be able to land a mint or near mint piece, have refurbishment work done as needed, and still keep $500 or $600 in your pocket.
Not only that, you'll end end with superb sound.Recommended pieces, as I would prioritize for you based upon the remainder of your system:
Fisher 500C receiver -- unbelievable audio value; great sound and wonderful tuner section; powerful
Scott 340 receiver -- a wonderful unit, will probably require more work and a better tech than the Fisher 500C
Scott 299B integrated -- superb; an amazing integrated; I'm listening to mine right now;
Fisher X100 integrated -- I love these; I've had three; the early version is tube rectified; the later versions are solid state rectified;
Scott 222C -- the most powerful 7189 integrated -- maybe 22 watts per channel;
Eico HF-81 -- I enjoyed mine and others vintage lovers rave
The easy recommendation is the Fisher 500C. They can be picked up on E-bay in good / great condition for $250. A thorough reburbishment (which they often don't require -- I used regularly for three years before I had mine refurbished) should cost a couple hundred dollars. NOS tubes make em sound better -- and often the original Fisher branded pre-amp and tuner tubes are still in excellent condition. The output tube is the "infamous" 7591 -- a truly great sounding beam pentode that was difficult and expensive to replace until recently -- they are now being manufactured in Russia which is great news to owners of vintage gear. The 500C is powerful, flexible, looks great, sounds great. The tuner, when properly alligned and working well is astonishingly good. If a manufacturer were to attempt to build a Fisher 500C today with comparable parts / quality control, retail price would probably be $3,000 to $4,000 -- and you'd still have to go into the tube market to get quality NOS tubes.
If musicality and budget are important, it's a no brainer.
Good luck.
WTS
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