WTB: Integrated amp RM1k-RM1.5k

Hi

Am looking for a 2nd hand amplifier for my B&W CDM1SE
I listen to mainly jazz music and some chinese hi fi cds. Like warm and relaxing sounding amps.
Dunno how the below amp will sound with my speakers
1) Audiolab 8000A
2) Cyrus 3
3) Arcam Delta 290

Any bros letting go their amps within RM1k -RM1.5k? Tq

I think Audiolab will not suit your taste, the sound is dry and cold but quite accurate. Don't get me wrong, it is a good amplifier but may not suit your taste.

Maybe u should try tube amplifier since you like warm and relaxing.

Thanks deng

What about Musical Fidelity A!? Tq

Hi Dennis I having a Musical Fidelity A120 class A 40 watts int amp,
suit to your music taste,warm,culture and lucid,offer you RM1350.

From Martin Phang 016-7438880

Hi Dennis,
Audiovega EL34 TOP. 35 watts running on EL34 / AX/AU7 tubes. Warm and seductive. Suitable for your music taste. Mint condition. Asking for RM1300. SMS me at 012 3603898.

Dennis611,
If you're not brand concious I have a DIY hybrid 6922 (NOS RCA) amplifier using gainclone technology. The design is from here:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/nuukspot/decdun/gainclone3.html
The real deal commercial amplifier costs USD2150
http://www.customanalogue.com/jlti_mark_2.htm

The amp I'm selling you is a simplified version. Selling for RM1.2K OBO. My contact 0122839143 if you're interested. Cheers.

halo dennis,i hav one korsun u2[now red rose by mark lenvison] selling 800.very good sound & powerfull.like new! rated 50w class a,intrested pls call 019-7691326

Hi dennis,
Why don't you try Sansui AU-D9, AU-D11, AU 717, AU919, AU-7500 or AU-9500? These model will give you a surprise

jazzfunksoulmusic,
any idea where can i find a set of AU-9500.

thanks,
alex_kff

It is rare in malaysia.. Unless you need to go singapore. They have a lots of sansui user. AU-7500 can be found in Classico Audio. The shop at campbell shopping centre.

I dont understand why people here like to talk about sansui amps. The manufacturer already long gone and buying one it will cost a bomb for a mint well restored unit, it is like a classic car. Some more Hard to find. Those advise you to get all those models must have read to much internet. Those sansui amp is abundance and cheap for them to buy in mat salleh land. The Sansui amps we have here is the low budget one and is inserious need to recap and service all the connectors and switches. Btw sansui amp will not suit you, the mf or tube amps will suit you well.....Why not consider newer amp like a rotel? The RA004, RA05 that is around your budget! Or stretch further get a RA06 or RA1062....

Dude ... look at his avatar-picture (just in case: mountain water ... aka Sansui) ... mebbe Sansui has some sentimental nostalgic value to that guy or something.

Heck, I got a Sansui amp thats more than 35 yeras old, still working except for the occasional poor contacts from the toggle switches and volume knobs. But fear not, still got the complete manual documents INCLUDING the Schematic diagram chart. Looks like last time, mfgs were really selling you their craftsmanship instead of hiding behind some "proprietary trade secret design" and charging a bomb for it.

But Alas, proprietary trade secrets are unavoidable today and mfgs now go to great lengths to protect it. No way Mr. Meridien (that B.Stuart guy) or Wadia, Theta or dCS will release their DSP coding/algorithms for their digital filters in their DACs at www.sourceforge.net anytime soon (don't hold your breath!).

Also take MonsterCable for example, suing people left and right if you happen to use the word "Monster" for just about anything commercial even though its not related to hifi or cables.

Besides, whats wrong about talking about Sansui ? Sentimental value goes a looooong way dude.

There are so many hifi brands that have gone the way of the doo-doo. Onyx, Deltec Precision Audio, Ion (makers of the Obelisk Integrated amp), Audio Alchemy, Calif. Audio Labs, ... etc etc.

They may be gone, but they did make some notable (if not great) products during their time !

Anyone here remembers Yamamura-Churchill ?

mebbe this deserves a whole new thread for discontinued hifi brands !

Apologies to @dennis611 for going off the deep-end here.

Come on you so call hifi gurus, this guy just bought a B&W speaker, a uk speaker. Do you recommend a Sansui amp to him? If he says that he got those old skool speaker like jbl, pioneer or sansui speaker, those big monstrous 10" or 12" woofer by all means recommend him the sansui amp. It synergise with that era....

Do you think he is able to repair and maintain an old amp upon purchase a sansui amp that is in 1970s or 1980s....Why not advise him something newer where he would enjoy his jazz and chinese cd instead of meddling around with the amp.

Btw there are two groups of hifi, those that enjoy music and those that meddle or modding around the equipment...(this group might not enjoy music) I am in this group, that expains my advatar i restore old equipment and many a times friends will come to me offering me old amps to repair. What in the world you got an old MG for? Cant you buy a new Vios or City! This simple new car will simply outran your old MG...Worst you paid a premium for a classic and always in constant need of repair and parts are not easily available. Unless you pay a big price for a total make over.

You see what i mean...

Perhaps the only Sansui amp I respect is the AU-111 tube amp, only one specimen I've seen and heard in near mint working condtion. Meanwhile I don't think I'd ever consider buying and keeping any other transistorized vintage Sansui due to its mostly aged, corroded connectors, lousy speaker terminals and cosmetically battered up in varying degrees, yet amazingly can sell for rediculous prices.
THIS IS MY 2 sen, anyone else who luve them, go buy them if it pleases you, your money.

Yamamura Churchill, had them for a short while to my larpar. Not bad at all.

Hi dennis611,

Like deng8895, I also think Audiolab not suit to your taste. Same goes to Arcam, sounds flat. The Cyrus is better between the three u listed above.

About Sansui amp, I agree with hoyhoysum. The classic vintage Sansui amp not suit to more modern speakers today. No synergy at all. Maybe they will match better with vintage speakers with big woofer. I did try before to drive my Epos with Sansui amp, sound unbalanced, bright and so on.

Than come our friend's Kancan recommend me to try Rotel prepower combo, RC980bx/RB980bx, what a surprise! sounds so natural, dynamic n warm too. Now i've found the correct partner for my Epos ES11 speaker . What I only need is to improve the cable n interconnect. Something I never knew before that the Rotel sounds so good. I tried so many budget amps before, but never please my ears

If got chance, why don't u give a try for that Rotel combo. Hope will match your B&W speakers. Cheers

hoyhoysum wrote:Come on you so call hifi gurus, this guy just bought a B&W speaker, a uk speaker. Do you recommend a Sansui amp to him? If he says that he got those old skool speaker like jbl, pioneer or sansui speaker, those big monstrous 10" or 12" woofer by all means recommend him the sansui amp. It synergise with that era....

Do you think he is able to repair and maintain an old amp upon purchase a sansui amp that is in 1970s or 1980s....Why not advise him something newer where he would enjoy his jazz and chinese cd instead of meddling around with the amp.

Btw there are two groups of hifi, those that enjoy music and those that meddle or modding around the equipment...(this group might not enjoy music) I am in this group, that expains my advatar i restore old equipment and many a times friends will come to me offering me old amps to repair. What in the world you got an old MG for? Cant you buy a new Vios or City! This simple new car will simply outran your old MG...Worst you paid a premium for a classic and always in constant need of repair and parts are not easily available. Unless you pay a big price for a total make over.

You see what i mean...

Errr.. ok ... let someone else be the guru ... (sure it's not me .. i am the SKL only).

Also, my point is to not recommend (nor discourage) Sansui to go with the B&W per se, (but then again, mebbe some people's taste might like this kind of combo ? Who knows. Not for any of us to be self-righteous and impose our musical or equipment taste on other people). Only defending the point why SOME PEOPLE may have a particular liking for vintage brands due to sentimental/personal reasons.

Sure i'd like an MG over a Vios (even though the MG got less ponies, lousy fuel conomy, band handling/ride comfort, etc etc) ... Coz an MG's got "soul". Actually, no ... i have no love for MGs .. but i'd sure like to have a VW Kombi as a restoration job some day (instead of a Toyota Estima). A tribute to Flower Power.


BTW, sorry to hear that you don't enjoy music so much but instead prefer to "fix stuff" up. But hey, do whatever makes u happy dude.

I have Marantz PM7200 Class A/B integrated amp. 100w per channel, may be enough power to drive your B&W speaker. I think you need big power amp (100w or above) to drive the B&W speaker to produce accurate & dynamic bass. I read they recommended B&W CDM1SE (rated at 88dB/2.83V/m sensitivity) with amp such as bryston or big power tube amp.

Hi bro, i have Cyrus Two amp in superb original condition for sale. Powerful enough to drive ur B&W speaker. Some hifi kaki said this Two is better than the Cyrus 3 with more body and speed....donno, its better judge by ur self...call me if interested. 012-6829122

hi denis611,
i just give my opinion for u ,i think b&w cdm1 the sound will
not suitable for your tast and b&w cdm1 is very difficult to find amp to match for it. Not the b&w cdm1 its no good...
sorry if anything the word i say wrong for its...

try the nad c326bee i think it ok. hope will help u. cheer.