I was surprised to find in a recent thread that my old Marantz PM6010OSE amplifier is thought to be reasonably acceptable even today. It is fairly well used and has a few issues though, and I wonder if there might be a better alternative available. For instance, the Nad c320bee was measured on ASR with a SINAD of about 95. So that is a fairly strong contender (and even appears to allow access to the power amp stage without needing the pre-amp) but I wonder if there are also others along those lines that people could suggest?
My use is with active crossovers in a fairly small room. I will probably get a behringer a800 for the bass drivers; the reviews and measurements are strong. But the power of that is 'way' overkill even for DSP'd bass in this situation, and hence I wonder if something more subtle might be better for the mid/high ranges? If not, I might as well just get more of those.
Essentially, I'm looking for sufficient performance to make CD-quality recordings effectively transparent, achieved by models that are commonly available (e.g on ebay etc), rather than premium-priced TOTL or classics. Of key importance are noise, hiss, mains-hum etc.; in an active setup the amp itself needs to be quiet. Also reliability, otherwise I may as well just buy the latest (very)well-measuring budget amp.
Thanks,
kev
My use is with active crossovers in a fairly small room. I will probably get a behringer a800 for the bass drivers; the reviews and measurements are strong. But the power of that is 'way' overkill even for DSP'd bass in this situation, and hence I wonder if something more subtle might be better for the mid/high ranges? If not, I might as well just get more of those.
Essentially, I'm looking for sufficient performance to make CD-quality recordings effectively transparent, achieved by models that are commonly available (e.g on ebay etc), rather than premium-priced TOTL or classics. Of key importance are noise, hiss, mains-hum etc.; in an active setup the amp itself needs to be quiet. Also reliability, otherwise I may as well just buy the latest (very)well-measuring budget amp.
Thanks,
kev