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Amp recommendations sought

I just installed a Marantz SR6006 which is the first receiver I've owned that has pre-outs for separate amplification.

I'd like to hear what better informed folks than me would recommend I consider for amplification of my front 2 channels (those happen to be the only two channels in use right now). The application I'm most concerned with is music quality, I don't really much care about sound quality of movies/tv, it's good enough as-is.

My transport is the Logitech Transporter, DAC will either be my old Audio Note DAC 1.1, or possibly a Burson DA-160 I currently have on order, if I like it better. At least for the moment.

Speakers are Amphion Argon monitors.

Budget is approx $1-2k, used.
joncourage

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willland
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If these do not do the trick for you, resell them for what you paid or maybe a little more. They usually sell very fast when priced right.

http://cgis.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/srch_fs.pl

I have owned several of these MA-700's and even a couple of MA-500's and really do think they have plenty of ooomph and are very musical. I ran them with a Luxman R-115 and a Marantz 2252B as preamps with very good results.

Here is another fantastic budget amp that performs like it cost much more.

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1327506061&/Acurus-A250-

Another choice would be a nice integrated. Utilize the NAD's main inputs and let it act as an amp only when movie watching and as an integrated when called on for quality 2-channel listening.

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?intatran&1324906756&/NAD-M3-

Bill
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willland
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Even though I hate this overused phrase, the Marantz MA-700 monoblocks are "giant killers".

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1327758530&/Marantz-MA-700-Monoblock-pair

B&K monoblocks, though hard to find on the used market, are a steal when they come up for sale. Look for the B&K Reference 200.1, EX4420M, Reference 4420M, or the Reference 220M. These babies will drive just about any speaker you throw at them.

Bill
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