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Onkyo A-50 vs Buckeye Purifi 1ET6525SA

My wife is in love with the looks of the A-50. I'm thinking I might be better off with the Stereo Purifi Amp and a Wiim Ultra as the preamp for now. More power, possibly more robust. We have a CD Player and a cheap Audio Technica turntable for now. Speakers are BMR Towers, 4-6 ohm and 85 DB. Listening distance is about 9 feet in a 14 by 14 by 8 foot room.

 

What are your thoughts on the Onkyo vs the Buckeye? Which set up would you go with?

This will be only for music at least for now. 

 

Appreciate your input. Thank you. 

chanur
chanur OP
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I think you have talked me into a Schiit dual Vidar with either a Saga or Kara preamp as a stand alone system. I'll get her one of those new JBL home theater things to handle the TV and all the other HDMI attached stuff. 

 

Hopefully the dual Vidars are awesome with these speakers. 

glennewdick's avatar
glennewdick
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Didn't the cheap audio man just do and Onkyo review? 

chanur OP
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@glennewdick I had not seen that. I'll check. 

 

@jl35 do your Vidars run hot? That's my only concern as they may end up having to go into a furniture audio video cabinet. There will be space around the amps of course.

jl35
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My Vidar 2 does not run hot at all...does sit on an open top shelf, but is often played for hours at a time...speakers are Totem Sky Towers...

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skeptikal
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If your wife likes the look of the Onkyo, I'd go with that.  Can't possibly be enough difference between the two to compensate for the lifetime of resentment she will harbor if you disregard her will.

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