That is a pretty small budget. NADs typically sound pretty good for the money. I think that is the model I had… gave to a friend. He is using it.
I would save up a thousand… then start looking.
@thecarpathian, it is part of the young audiophile’s upgrade path...a sad, impatient, confused one, especially when on a budget ( but I speak for many of us ). I responded to his other, duplicate thread. A complete rebuild would be more than his budget, but is an amazing thing ( new chassis, new connectors, new attenuators for volume and tone, and a few more goodies ( all this from AliExpress ) |