Heath AA-2500 Amp - Heard of it?

Brian, it was a good sized amp and was actually built quite well for its' day. If i remember correctly, it actually "doubled down" according to spec. It would make an excellent platform to build upon, modify, upgrade, etc... I've seen these "generic, non-audiophile" amps sell for as little as $200. As far as that goes, they are WELL worth that just for the chassis and power supply. Sean
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Sean, the AA-2500 isn't real big. I borrowed it back from my friend the other day because I wanted to try a preamp and I use the ML integrated. I was curious if anyone else knew of it. I took it into my local shop years back, I can't remember why, to compare it or something, and the first thing the salesman said was, "wow, look at the size of the power supply", (I think it was the power supply); and remember, I only paid like $200 for it, granted, it was an inside deal.

I remember bringing home an Adcom amp and a friends Carver and neither were good enough to justify the change. The Forte was clearly better, but in hindsight I wish I would of never bought that either.

Out of curiosity, what didn't you like about the Forte' 6 ??? Sean
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I owned the Forte for 6 years, 6 long years, the longest I have owned any amp. In that 6 years I hated my system. I had threatened many a time to sell it all and just get some simple inexpensive system, that nothing was expected of it. I replaced many speakers during that time trying to get some kick from my system. In '97 I bought a Meridian 557 amp and 502 preamp, to replace my Forte 6 and model 2 pre, I have a "thing" about having matched amp and preamps. I really thought the 502 preamp was going to make a huge advantage in my system, so I hooked up the 557 first and left the Forte preamp, I couldn't believe how bad the Meridian smoked the Forte. Ironically, I don't think the preamp made that big a difference.

All those years of hating it and I feel it was the amp. I have made a number of bad decisions through the years.

I am the happiest with my system I have ever been since using a little Denon integrated back in the 80's, ironically I am again using an integrated. (Funny thing is, I would like to sell and explore, you would think I would of learned!)