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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
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Rodman99999...The deal with the flat mic amp acting as a phono preamp is that for the tweeter/midrange all you need to do is roll off the boosted highs of the raw signal. Why boost the low end, only to cut it later in a crossover. Of course the woofer signal must have the regular RIAA boost, so you end up with a biamplification preamp. The whole system needs to be coordinated with the speaker design, and other sources, like Tuner, need special provisions. A can of worms, no doubt, but, for Phono, the resulting clarity of the highs is interesting.
rodman99999
6,206 posts
 
Mr. C- A few threads ago Mr. E and I had some discourse concerning the integration of Behringer and Bose systems. We just sort of picked it back up for a moment in here. Sorry if we offended by hi-jacking your thread briefly. Mr. E- I've got nine paragraphic EQ memories available in my TacT, and might just try setting one with an RIAA curve one day. That and a nice tubed mic pre(with 64db of gain) might be a sweet phono stage. OOPS- We did it again, didn't we? Sorry Mr. C!
crem1 OP
672 posts
 
R : Your forgiven only if the rest of us are included, Mr. Bill too.
rodman99999
6,206 posts
 
That's music to my ears!!
cwlondon
1,210 posts
 
I have A 500's as monoblocks for my desktop at home, and an A 500 in stereo for my desktop at the office.

I have never switched them off, and all 3 continue to work perfectly.
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