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Control amps: suggestions needed

A friend just bought a Yamaha MX-600/U power amp.  He didn't realize it was a power amp, he thought it was an integrated amp.  It's working, using an old integrated amp as the control amp.  He needs a better control amp.

I use a Threshold FET-10 control amp and would recommend he find one of those,but he likes tone controls and the FET-10 doesn't have them.  So I'm looking for suggestions.  He needs a phono input (MM) so it has to include one of those.

listener2
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imhififan
2,108 posts
 

The matching preamp is Yamaha CX-600.

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russ69
3,360 posts
 

Move away from low-line commercial products and get a quality integrated amp like a Musical Fidelity. 

listener2 OP
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Considering he got the Yamaha only a few days (like 2 or 3), I don't think he would look kindly on that suggestion  In essence I agree with you.  I tried top talk him into better equipment acquired more slowly.

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