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used power amp under 1500

I started with a great system and I managed to downgrade it to an OK sound through a lot of trades, sales, questionable decisions and shrinking budget. (No regrets, it's been a fun journey.) I ended up with very low sensitivity, hard to drive speakers and now I need more power. Will 100 Watts be enough and is it OK and safe to buy used? Any brands that are a good value at $1500?

parkergetdean
parkergetdean OP
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@patrickalston so it’s the Audiolab D7. I do have a nice little phono preamp. The phono preamp has RCA out. The Audiolab has no RCA in. 

Unless I am mistaken I cannot run my phono preamp through my DAC to the power amp.

I agree with your point to raise my budget to $2500. The issue is, the rest of my system wouldn’t keep up with that. All the components are modest (but sound great to my ear.)

 

 

 

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deer_creek_audio
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Check out the Hypex Nilai 500 Stereo. I doubt you’ll find many used, but they weigh in with amplifiers costing many times more: https://deercreekaudio.com/products/ols/products/hypex-nilai-500-stereo-amplifier

jpsreno
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Odyssey

parkergetdean OP
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thanks @deer_creek_audio I am checking it out

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