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Amplifier for home stereo dedicated to lossless quality music

I need to decide on a preamp/amp or receiver to use in my home sound system. I’ll be streaming FLAC 24/96kHz albums to an amplifier that feeds indoor and outdoor Monitor Audio speakers (which I’m very find of due to their accuracy). I want to do the source files justice but I have no intention of dropping a grand just on amplification. The speakers in the system both front and back are 100W max at 8 ohms. Any suggestions on what I might look for in the speaker amplification would be appreciated!
bozskaggs
bozskaggs OP
12 posts
 
Thanks a lot everyone-
I ended up ordering the Yamaha S501. It fits the bill well and I got it for $400. I presume if I convert all my CDs to 24Bit/96kHz FLAC files I'll be well above the original CD standard which I think is just 16 bits?
mesch
3,527 posts
 
The S501 at $400 was a great purchase. When you stated that you didn't want to spend $1000 on amplification I was thinking you wanted to get well under that. I think it to be a great match with your setup, economics and sonics. 
bozskaggs OP
12 posts
 
I bought it as a refurb from Accessories4Less  who if I understand it correctly is a licensed Yamaha repair facility. Since there's nothing mechanical I have no problem with a refurb. Hopefully I'm right on this one!
loomisjohnson
1,961 posts
 
per kalali, i'd see if the internal dac in the yamaha is better than the one in your chromecast  (you can get an optical to mini converter for around two bucks)--i'd suspect the yamaha's is better but am just speculating.
bozskaggs OP
12 posts
 
The Chromecast Audio is 24Bit/96kHz whereas the Yamaha DAC is 24Bit/192kHz. There is also some setting apparently with the Chromecast for high resolution audio.
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