Get a nice, light ganfet amp.
What do you like about your integrated amp?
So, the other day I was moving my ARC REF 75 amp to clean the insides, along with the shelf it was sitting on, when suddenly I felt a stabbing pain in one of my obliques, as I was twisting my body.
Shouting out a quick, "Oh f***," my wife said, "What are you going to do when you get older, and can't move the amp?" I have periodically wondered that myself, since I am just shy of 71.
As the discussion title says-what do you like about your integrated amp? It's a wide-open query because I'm thinking if I'm going to consolidate my equipment, let's see what's out there? I'm partial to tube equipment and have enjoyed Audio Research for almost 30 years. Does that mean I should get an ARC integrated? Maybe, maybe not.
FTR--I listen to lots of jazz, folk, classical, not that much rock beyond what I grew up listening to-Beatles, the Dead, the Stones--stuff like that. I have a pair of ProAc 30Rs, an Aurender server, and an ARC CD6SE.
All your comments are appreciated-
David
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My Mac integrated is 75 pounds and sits at the top of my audio rack. I was planning on buying a better rack but then thought how do I get the amp on and off the rack. My son usually did the heavy lifting, but he just moved to Jersey, was living in NY prior, and only comes home every few months or so. I begrudgingly decided to keep the present rack. Life is too short to get hurt trying to lift the amp. |
My Audionet Humboldt integrated is 61kg/135lbs. I’m hunting for a amp platform. Normally I’d purchase separates for better performance, but compromised on this integrated which sonically competes with top SS separates and was barely within my budget. @wharfy - since you like ARC sound, maybe best to avoid other lighter options which would change the sonic profiles and turn into a rabbit hole. I tore my left wrist ligament carrying a heavy weight, so I’d use a feather duster and compressed air to clean and avoid moving heavy objects if possible. |
Good morning! Thanks for your opines, I really appreciate them. Reading through them--they fall into three categories- keep the kit, integrated insights, and don’t fall into the rabbit hole. Keep the kit-because life is short, don’t compromise, a really good integrated will weigh as much as my ARC, get a amp platform on wheels, get someone to move them for you (@stereo 5-I live in NJ, would your son come over if I needed help :-), keep it in place and use cans of compressed air, injuries are one of the downsides of this hobby and well worth it! And the integrated insights-look into a Ganfet, Luxman tube integrated, Ayre integrated (which I once owned--they don’t get enough praise), classic Yamahas and Pioneers that are almost as old as my son. And then there is the rabbit hole.....there are some really nice lower wattage SET, SEP integrateds on the market-Audio Note, Western Electric, Line Magnetic, Coincident...... David |
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