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First Post Looking for Integrated Amplifier

Hello Forum!

My name is Justin and I am a newcomer to the forum (recommended by a friend). I'm looking for help on choosing an amp,integrated amp, or receiver. Currently, I have an older receiver that works great for TV, DVD and video games but lacks when I play my albums through it (there is not phono input). I have a preamp which helps but I still have to turn the volume up to about 90%. I would say that my primary focus is to get a receiver or amplifier that is more well rounded - especially for my vinyl.

I'm budgeting about $300 and something middle-of-the-road. If that budget is a bit low I would love some insight.

For speakers, I have two Sony SSF-5000s (150-watt, 8 ohms). I have to admit that I'm not too sure on what the impedance is.

Any help, recommendation, knowledge is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
jharris89

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jharris89 OP
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Sorry for my late response and thanks for all your help! I wasn't expecting all these responses so quickly! To answer some of your inquiries:

- My turntable is a Miida T3115 (not sure of the cartridge - just found it in my local vinyl store and it sounded good compared to what I originally had)

- My preamp is a TCC TC750 and it has a MM cartridge

Seems like general consensus is a NAD integrated amplifier will satisfy my needs. Any model recommendations? I run two tower speakers and a subwoofer through my existing set up and would want to keep it the same. Also have my TV and an aux cord for when I plug in my MP3 player to it.

Thanks!
jharris89 OP
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Kotta,

Thanks for your response. Let me know if i'm following this correctly. If there are pre-amp outs on a NAD or any other integrated amp, that's what I should be hooking my subwoofer to? I apologize for my lack of knowledge, but I'm used to receivers that have a "subwoofer" output labeled already.
jharris89 OP
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NAD 320BEE

Does anyone recommend this? I found one locally on CL and it's listed for $180.
jharris89 OP
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Thanks Lowrider, I did see right away that it did not have a set of phono inputs, but the used/cheap cost seems worth it since I do have a preamp already (if you read through you'll see that my current receiver is just old and junky). I figured for a name like NAD and the power increase from a receiver to int. amp i'd be extremely happy with the $180 spent.

Thoughts?
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