Smurfin
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Following on from my thread in the speakers section which has got kinda lost, I thought I should ask this in the right section
I'll shortly be downgrading, and I'm faced with a problem. Firstly, the speakers I'm running are Celestion A1s, the A4C and A5rs as surrounds.
The fronts and centre are 4ohms, and thus difficult to drive, so I need something meaty...but cheap.
My overall budget is around £500-£600 for either a power amp/processor or integrated amp.
Whilst I'm currently looking for a Rotel 985mkII power amp and 976 processor, I've read of quite a few issues with the 976, with audio dropout, particularly DTS. Old reviews gave it good marks however...
If I went down this route, what other processor's should I consider? I'm really looking around £250-£300 max, which I think kinda leaves my options rather narrow....
The other option is to ditch the whole pre/power idea and just plump for an integrated amp. For around £500 I can get a Denon A10se, but I'm not entirely sure how this will cope with the demands of my Celestions?
What other integrateds could I consider?
I know my options are limited, but what's the best thing to go for I wonder?
btw PLII would be nice, as would component video switching. Hmm, damn I think I just broke the budget....
I'll shortly be downgrading, and I'm faced with a problem. Firstly, the speakers I'm running are Celestion A1s, the A4C and A5rs as surrounds.
The fronts and centre are 4ohms, and thus difficult to drive, so I need something meaty...but cheap.
My overall budget is around £500-£600 for either a power amp/processor or integrated amp.
Whilst I'm currently looking for a Rotel 985mkII power amp and 976 processor, I've read of quite a few issues with the 976, with audio dropout, particularly DTS. Old reviews gave it good marks however...
If I went down this route, what other processor's should I consider? I'm really looking around £250-£300 max, which I think kinda leaves my options rather narrow....
The other option is to ditch the whole pre/power idea and just plump for an integrated amp. For around £500 I can get a Denon A10se, but I'm not entirely sure how this will cope with the demands of my Celestions?
What other integrateds could I consider?
I know my options are limited, but what's the best thing to go for I wonder?
btw PLII would be nice, as would component video switching. Hmm, damn I think I just broke the budget....