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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
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bartsw
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@chanur 

I will check it out. I think I want something a little bit warm/vintage sounding since my speakers are pretty neutral . 

The Absolute Sound video review starting at 7:00 and 8:00. It’s a more systematic sound profile review. Note that the soundstage might be narrow.

https://youtu.be/NMcIE3K2bD8?t=415

parkergetdean
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Note that the soundstage might be narrow.

But it is tall, right?

chanur OP
18 posts
 

Helping old recordings sounds promising to me. How ever I don't have a ton of experience with sound stages and things as I have always used budget AVRs for Audio in the past. I think I'm going with the M-80. 

chanur OP
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The narrowness was in reference to 30,000 dollar systems. I'm fine with that. 

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bartsw
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If you have BMR towers with RAAL, it shouldn't be not an issue anyway.

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