[soundboy]

I am going to suggest a "wildcard"....the TEAC AH500 stereo integrated amp. This is TEAC's top of the line integreted amp in its Reference line. All of the components are half-width, but they are all serious components. Highly regarded in Europe.

Brand new for $469.95 at Harvey Electronics

But only....$159.70 brand new from Dakmart.com

Here's TEAC's own description of this amp.

 

[lini]

Nice price for that thing - I suppose it's on sale-out. Same happened over here a while ago, with both the Reference 300 and 500 series. The Reference 300 series has already reappeared in a Mk II version in the meantime - but unfortunately there seems to be no replacement for the 500 series (yet).

Greetings from Hannover!

Manfred / lini

 

[soundboy]

TEAC is no longer listing the Reference 300 or 500 series on its US website. I did see the Reference 300 Mark II series on the UK website though.

I think this is a great price....considering what's available out there.

 

[imported_Echo_]

too bad ill have to wait till summer till i have some cash

 

[ooheadsoo]

Beware! It's only 15 lbs!!

 

[massappeal85]

Cool. How is the headphone output on this?

 

[NotJeffBuckley]

Ooh, neat. I'll pick one of those up. I've been looking into some efficient bookshelf speakers and I think this would hit the spot for them.

Now to find an active subwoofer worth buying at under $400.

 

[Oddball]

Does anyone have experience with Dakmart? I've seen really nice deals on stuff before, but I've always been hesitant because of the really low reseller rating.

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller7338.html

 

[so_cal_forever]

Quote:

Originally Posted by NotJeffBuckley Ooh, neat. I'll pick one of those up. I've been looking into some efficient bookshelf speakers and I think this would hit the spot for them. Now to find an active subwoofer worth buying at under $400.

Dayton Audio subwoofers for less than $200 take the cake.

 

[ooheadsoo]

For $400 you should most likely get either a hsu sub, hopefully used, or a dayton kit, not the dayton audio sub for <$200.

 

[NotJeffBuckley]

Quote:

Originally Posted by so_cal_forever Dayton Audio subwoofers for less than $200 take the cake.

Under $200, eh? Got a link? I'd love to save money on them, heh.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ooheadsoo For $400 you should most likely get either a hsu sub, hopefully used, or a dayton kit, not the dayton audio sub for <$200.

My price ceiling is tentatively $400 and I'll take that into account, but if I can save cash I will. This isn't for critical listening applications, just minimizing my adequate speaker audio system for a better fit in my dorm room.

 

[so_cal_forever]

Well, I was referring to the 12" Dayton of course:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=300-635

Were you thinking of the Titanics by Dayton? Yeah, those are quite a bit more, but I've got the Dayton 10" for my 2.1 setup, and it's a great sub.

However, the Titanic 10" kit is in your price range, and as ooheadsoo said, it's quite a bit better:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=300-760