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1000.00 to spend what would you buy?

i started a simular thread but not too many people have given me any advice. i have a fisher x-202-b that i recently had work done to. overall i got the amp back with updated capacitors and the unit sounds dead. i want to upgrade to more modern equipment. i figure i have 1000 or so bucks to blow on something. what would be the best bang for the buck as far as a new amp/preamp would be? i listen to music at very low levels at night with dynaco a=25's so power is not the most important thing for me. would concider solid state as well if someone can point me in the right direction.
clevelandhifi
cdc
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Creek A50 for ~$500 used.
Marantz PM7200 is nice but probably less clear than the Creek.
Also check out used Forte and Threshold stuff. If you like low powered tube stuff the Aleph 3 is said to be a very sweet 30wpc (solid state - class "A").
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swampwalker
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A Forte 50 wpc class A amp and a CJ tube pre-amp would set you back about $1100. An Audio Refinement Complete integrated at about $500 would leave you $500 for a CD-25 or a nice pair of monitors.
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rar1
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Cleveland:

Thought you might enjoy this ... Big Stupid Warm Speakers .

Regards, Rich
mapleleafs3
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Spend it on a DAC. A kora Hermes is availbe used in hat price range.
passion4audio
22 posts
 
why don't you consider this:

http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/audioproducts/tubeamps.php

Seems like it would be hard to beat for the money.
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