Amplifier Experts?

[neilbardsley]

After over 20 years of service my Yamaha ax 592 has stopped working in one channel. Can anybody recommend another amp I would replace it with. I would be happy to buy 2nd hand. Probably not looking to pay over £300.

These are getting good reviews

https://www.whathifi.com/onkyo/9010/review

but happy to be patience and try to grap a bargain on ebay or another forum

[Ashley James]

Yamaha make a superb integrated 100wpc amp for about £220. It’ll be as good as you get.

[KS]

Neil, I have one of those Onkyo amps - exactly the same. Superb piece of kit and amazing value. Bought it last year to use while my Sugden is overhauled and just kept it...

[neilbardsley]

Yamaha make a superb integrated 100wpc amp for about £220. It’ll be as good as you get.

Is this the one you are talking about?

https://petertyson.co.uk/yamaha-a-s301- ... r?___SID=U

[Ashley James]

Yes Neil that’s the one. Yamaha make very good equipment.

[Ant22]

Hmm. Like cars, or watches amps vary. What do you play, cd, streaming or vinyl. Do you want function - Prius - or design classic that’s subtle - beetle - or cool - we know ...
Buy a vintage quad pre / power, musical fidelity integrated, 70s Luxman or marantz with meters. 300£ will get you something cool. Check artofsound or hifishark.
Be patient & get something uncommon. No offence to Yamaha lovers or Prius drivers intended.

[KS]

The impression I got was that Neil was after a modern amp along the lines of the one which needs replacing. If you're getting into the realms of classic stuff, well, that's a whole different ball game... My Onkyo is a stand in while I get my Sugden A48 Series 2 overhauled. When that's done, the Onkyo will go back in its box until the next time.

[neilbardsley]

Might be up for something older but clueless to what is good. I value function over style. I most listen to vinyl.

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[Ashley James]

If you value function over style get the Yamaha. I was in the audio industry from 1985 and even supplied Yamaha with special drivers when I was at my last but one company.

Can’t stand vinyl though.

[KS]

Can’t stand vinyl though.

Whaaaaattttt??? You Philistine!

[mycar]

Yamaha make a superb integrated 100wpc amp for about £220. It’ll be as good as you get.

Is this the one you are talking about?

https://petertyson.co.uk/yamaha-a-s301- ... r?___SID=U

Surely, at £189.00, it's worth a punt just to find out.... considering what you could spend on an amp at Peter Tyson.

https://petertyson.co.uk/hifi.html/sepa ... amplifiers

[Ashley James]

Much of my work was on the pro side but I did have a turntable till the late eighties. Afterwards we periodically used them for shows, once a £15,000 one but in an AB, the problems are obvious and believers think you can’t design a phono stage.

Vinyl is hugely profitable for ailing record companies and the marketing is flawless, even Iron Man uses a turntable but I prefer streaming from the cloud to my system.

[neilbardsley]

Much of my work was on the pro side but I did have a turntable till the late eighties. Afterwards we periodically used them for shows, once a £15,000 one but in an AB, the problems are obvious and believers think you can’t design a phono stage.

Vinyl is hugely profitable for ailing record companies and the marketing is flawless, even Iron Man uses a turntable but I prefer streaming from the cloud to my system.

Yes I remember you frowning when I told you I preferred vinyl over cds. Mind you I have been playing some cd recently and the quality is very good

[Lightweight_911]

I regularly play vinyl as my main/preferred source of music - I still have ~750 albums.

Despite many bearing the scars of decades of use I'd far rather listen to them - crackles & all - than clinical 'digitally re-mastered' sterile versions ...

- & there's no substitute for being able to handle the original outer jacket/cover, read the sleeve notes, etc ...

[Mike]

...ailing record companies....

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