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Well, somtime it happens. The actual question many times get totally sidelined when the discussion gets heated up! Anyways, for the sake of others, herez the recap-

http://www.hifivision.com/amplifiers...40av2-0-a.html

Lets see how different is it going to be this time around!

Best regards.

Hi Raj,
For a sweet budget amp Nad is good. The 320 BEE or 352(now discontinued) are both fine and reasonable. No point looking at Rotel as though its budget gear its priced as Mid Fi and will eat up most of ur budget. I would not buy a CA amp, a CDP maybe.
Pair the Nad with some Monitor audio speakers like the BR5 Floorstanders or RS1 standmounts. Am sure u will get a decent HIFI for 50/55K.
Lastly please dont treat the What HIFI as a BIBLE and follow every word and star to the 'T'. Remember they are dictated to by their advertisers. Use it to know what brands are available in ur city and where and please go and hear them.
Regards

Dear Dinyaar...

Please let me know, is there any problem that arise with CA amp...
I have experienced it only a few times, and doesnt know the outcome...

Do let me know, buddy, as i have quoted the same to a customer too, maybe if it gives some side effects, i can convince him for some other amp...

Thanking You

Mridul Goel

Dear Mridul,
No problem with CA its just my opinion. I would prefer the Nad amps even the current lot to a CA product. For easy speaker loads they should be ok but i find all CA (have not heard the 840) really struggle and clip with a speaker even remotely demanding and also that they just wont play loud with any conviction.I am not saying i love nad or rotel and the likes but at some stage have had most nad/rotel amps/preamps/power amps and i find them more rubust sounding than a CA.
I didnt suggest rotel to the originator of this thread simply on the pricing even though i feel some rotel amps(1062 and 1070) are decent budget integrateds and better/cleaner than the Nad.
Mridul since u sell CA u would be in a better position to reveal the pros + Cons of the product. As far as recommending an amp it would all depend on the speaker ur customer has or is proposing to buy.
Regards

Dear Dinyaar

I basically have not yet sold CA, but yes this time, after a bit of experience and on customers request i quoted him the CA640Av2, the stereo amp, with dali IKON 6 pair...
I have heard a lot about CA being good, so didnt gave a second thought...

But, the Rotel models what you are suggesting, lies in the budget of CA640Av2...
I have never experienced Rotel, so am not at all aware of it...

Kindly guide...

Thanking You

Mridul Goel

If the buyer is not going to crank the volume but listen at modest volumes for most listening sessions the CA 640 should do for the Dalis as they are sensitive speakers(+91db ithink). I dont know the price of the amp in india currently but i guess it will be <25K and the rotel 1062 will be about double where as the 100 wpc RA 1070 is about 80K so both amps are ruled out.
I know lots will disagree but Rotel is budget HIFI but local pricing makes it MID FI and at the international prices i feel Rotel is the best bang for the buck. Their power amp RB 1080 is a cracker @ 800 USD but local price is 75K!!!
I would anyday prefer a rotel over a CA as an amplifier. Have heard a few cdps from CA and they are very decent and should be considered at the price.
Mridul a friend had a home demo (from SS the distributor then) of the CA 640 or maybe 540 paired with his B&W 602 and the amp would automatically turn down the volume after a brief period which obviously meant it was some protection circuit kicking in as the amp had reached clipping!!! Now this was before the halfway mark.
Anyway i have never been a CA fan so my view may be biased.
Regards

Thanks Bro...

What the damn....
an amp at 800USD i.e. Rs.32K approx, for Rs.75K...
Who is the distributor out here...
and how much is he earning..out..re...120%...

even after including the customes at 40% of his landing cost, and including 12.5% tax, it will still come to Rs.50,500 approx...
thats too much...

Both Rotel and B&W have some very good budget gears as far as international pricing is concerned. But in India they are represented by the same dealer and suffer from the same problem: upmarking. Still I feel Rotel RA 1062 at INR 45K is a very good deal if one doesn't have access to international market.

Well the rotel distributor is AVI or A2V as they are called now.
Actually a chap called Particleman from this forum would be the best person to answer this over pricing question as the inside news is that he advises AVI on pricing and related!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHA
Ya Ranjeetji i too like a few rotel integrateds. Very good budget HIFI.

I am surprised to hear that you are facing such a problem. Please pm me. Your system would be up and running in your home within a few weeks