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The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt

The Berringer a 500 Reference Amp that can be purchased on Musican's Friend web site for 194.00( each) to your house in the US of A w/ a 2 year warranty is a KILLER. I have several amps and these are scarey. Granted they were designed overseas & built in China... However, they are 19lbs GIANTS . Don't take my word go to the "Audio Critic" web site for a full review. This is my one an only give-away . Use it or loose it. Best to 'All
crem1
crem1 OP
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Recently, I purchased a beautiful pair of Mageplaner 12OR's that I mated with the A-500's and Mapleshade Double Helix Speaker Cable. A match made in heaven. I have used several front ends all sucessfully. For far-less than 1K using a digital front end including Sony HD Radio, anyone can have a mono-block system with planar speaker that competes with just about everything out there , deep bass exempted. A Hi-End life anyone can afford without going broke.
rodman99999
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"High-End" relative to YOUR discernment. The Behringers Behr-ly sound like music in a professional application(when they work). That's why I'll only install/recommend them for my won't-budge-cheapskate venue or musician customers. Have fun with your get-what-you-pay-for thread, and all the "last words" you want. =8^)
crem1 OP
672 posts
 
Golly, What kind of representative of your profession are you ? I discern anger ... Go somewhere else & leave us in peace.
cwlondon
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I would think the biggest problem installing/recommending the Behringer is you can't make as much money selling them.

Mine still sound great and work perfectly.
emorrisiv
313 posts
 
I have always wondered why some amps cost so very very much.How much difference can there be? Granted WonderCaps or whatever the latest in high end pieces are called now,are more expensive than higher production components are,but the design R&D is old by now.How different in design is a Krell design to my Hafler from the late 70s? Is it $3,000.00 different? They both make very clean current.
I can remember auditioning the Hafler against a similar size Pereaux that cost 3 times as much and the Hafler won in many ways. Why?
btw My Hafler was built from a kit and has been working beautiful since 1979.
This amp is a great steal on ebay these days.

The 500w monos sound very interesting to me for my Acoustats but I am not sure what I would gain from them (if any).
Lately I have been concentrating on bettering my front end and has given me huge bumps in performance.
Not to mention,all the lps I have been picking up in stead of buying amps.

great thread
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