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Friend needs help

I have a close friend that wants to upgrade his stereo system.  He is old school and frugal.  Currently he has a Kenwood KA-501, which I bought in high school, many years ago, and gave to him after having it serviced.  He has Cerwin Vega speakers and B/W book shelves.  My question what would be a great integrated amp, with 3-5 inputs, a pre-out to add an amp down the road.  I am suggesting that he gets a WiiM Ultra streamer and get into the streaming game.  He is mostly a rock and roll guy.  He is leaving all of the decisions to me.  

speedysteve4
johnto
1,134 posts
 

Strreophile had a description of the new Cambridge Audio EVO 300 that could be what he could use. Also a mention of price would be helpful. Parasound integrated would be another to consider and often times show up on the used market.

hk_fan
641 posts
 

Budget would certainly help.  Would an integrated with internal streamer be of interest?

I immediately thought of Wiim Amp Ultra but it only has a sub pre-out.

How about the Outlaw RR2160MKII?

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mapman
23,663 posts
 

Cambridge Evo 150 would do it all for reasonable cost used.  

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speedysteve4 OP
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Sorry about that.  2000-2500, would be his range.  Prefer new, but I have bought many demo's and they are fine at half the price.  I'm thinking 100-150 wpc

The Wiim is great, I have one and so versatile.  Better than my more expensive streamer.  TV and HP amp hook up, which is where I am going to also hook up his tuner, if we don't have enough inputs on the integrated, and yes old dude still likes his tuner.  

Thank you for your help

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mofimadness
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+1 on a used Parasound Halo HiNT 6 integrated! 

VERY nice...

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