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 Crutchfield is probably not a dealer anymore but Audio Adviser has them new. It is their latest current model. Here is a fully loaded one (dac and streamer) at Audio Advice (two different companies with similar name but they both have all the models) Things to consider: - The Primare is Class D amplification. - The Advance Paris is a tube pre with Class A/B amplification. Is your friend okay with tubes. |
Would an Eversolo Play fit his needs? I just bought one for my son as a house-warming gift. I gave him one of my extra turntable and a pair of Klipsch speakers. The Eversolo Play is a streaming amp with a Phono input, another input, and a Sub Out. That would take care of your friend’s streaming needs, turntable needs, and a future CD player if he chooses. Eversolo makes a version of the Play with a CD player, but I didn’t want to risk noise being introduced.
A fantastic product for $699. I got one on sale for $550. It is basically idiot proof with tons of features including Room Correction. |
Tell your guy to get these speakers for around 2000 dollars...Tekton Epic 15 https://tektondesign.com/product/full-range-speakers/full-towers/epic-15/#color They sound better than speakers priced 20 times, 30 times more, etc. There is no beating this Yamaha amp in the lower budget category either Yamaha A-S801 https://www.crutchfield.com/p_022AS801S/Yamaha-A-S801-Silver.html?tp=34948
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