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Opinion of Acurus 2 and 3 channel amplifiers is ... what?

I have an opp to purchase some gently used nearly in perfect condition a200x3 and a250x2 acurus amplifiers for what seems to be reasonable price. Not sure how they would match up with some B&W cdm9nt's. 

Anyone have an opinion on if this is a good match? I know there is better amp choices for more money, but for approx $600 I am not sure I can find a better amp section for the money.  Go or no go?

As I understand it these are acurus amps when acurus was still part of mondial.
lightfighter2018
lightfighter2018 OP
86 posts
 
willand.

Thx for the input.
loomisjohnson
1,909 posts
 
agree (as usual) with willand--i owned the a150 and was very pleased--very neutral and less colored than comparably priced b&k, parasound, adcom, etc.
wolf_garcia
6,642 posts
 
After the second time sending my then new A250 back to Mondial to fix the same annoying buzz, I sold it. Note the buzz had been fixed again, I told the guy who bought it all about it, and have no clue if that pesky buzz reappeared...Mondial may have fixed it for him too! Note it sounded excellent when working properly, and I auditioned one of their preamps and that was great sounding, but by then I was a little too worried about the reliability. 
unsound
7,318 posts
 
IME the Acurus amps had bass response way better than their cost and/or size might suggest. On the other hand; they had a dry chalky top end that I couldn’t live with, and doubt it would compliment the B&W house sound. YMMV.
ericsch
751 posts
 
I purchased a new A200x3  in the 90's.  I used it in my home theater system for many years until I replaced it with a Parasound Halo. I then used the Acurus in my secondary 2 channel system for several more years. It never failed me and sounded very good. I sold it a coupe of years ago for about $450. The new owner was quite happy with the purchase.   
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