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Integrated amp, looking for suggestions & comments

I'm looking for an integrated amp to power my Klipsch Chorus II's (101db sensitivity) and KLF-20's (99db sensitivity). I will be using a EAD CD-2000 as the source. My Klipsch speakers have rework crossovers, so they are not at all bright.

Priorities for an integrated amp:
- Warm like have a tube amp
- Price below $500 (buying used)
- Best performance in that price range

I'm considering the Arcam A65+ and the Audio Refinement Complete and any other that would better these two.

Thanks,
Mike
vman71
surfgod
229 posts
 
Warm like a tube amp ? why not get a tube amp. Jolita, Cayin, a used Prima Luna etc.
vman71 OP
218 posts
 
Surfgod,

I don't want to wait for the tubes to warm up and I'm not very knowledgable about tube gear.

I feel a little more comfortable going with a decent SS amp.
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
Vman, you can't wait fifteen seconds for a Jolida 302B integrated to warm up? C,mon man. I use this for a second system and it has been set and forget and trouble free. Wonderfully warm and airy like a good tube amp should sound. Not expensive. Check one out.
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