Stereo Amplifier suggestion for Dynaudio Audience 72?

Hi everyone,

I am new to this forum and would like to take suggestions from experts like you for a stereo amplifier which would go well with Audience 72 floorstander speakers. My budget is around 1,00,000 rupees. I have searched some magazines and the web and found following amplifier brands which *might* go well with the speakers (never auditioned them though):

1. Parasound
2. Musical Fidelity
3. NAD

Please suggest which is good for Audience 72 in your opinion. Any other brand (which has authorised dealership in India) will also do. I will prefer an integrated amplifier, but a pre/power combo suggestion with in the budget is also fine. My taste in music varies from Indian Music (Ghazals, Instrumental, Old/new songs) to pop.

Right now these speakers are being driven with Marantz 5002 AV receiver which I will be shifting to my bedroom for 5.1 setup.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
hifijunky

hi hifijunky !
you might consider going for the CYRUS amps. they are really good ones. you will have an option of either going for monoblocks, the PSX-R or the MONO-X which of course is better, or you may go for their integrated version, the 6VS2 or the 8VS2.

Hi,
Most Dyna perform far better with bigger amps and apart from the Nad Pre/power (C162/C272) its difficult to find a new pre/power combo for under a lakh. The MF integrated (A5.5)would be great but its way over a lakh. Have barely heard Parasound gear to really have an opinion. If opting for cyrus u will have to look beyond the integrateds as u will need more power and that too is way over a lakh.
Soundsmiths( Dyna distributor) will vouch for the Primare I 30 for these speakers. Sweet amp and should do the job as it should give about 180W @ 4 ohms and plenty of current.
Options to consider would be Nad pre/power or a Rotel Pre/power(if u like the way it sounds the power supply of these amps is robust) , The Stratos power amps( not heard myself but are supposed to be good), Quad 909 also a reliable amp and lastly used Brystons. Am not a Krell fan but that too has tremendous drive and will easily drive your Dynas.
Regards

Have a look at Advance Acoustic amps (French design). Nice build and look (WAF!) , sweet sound (good for your music interests in Gazal and Instrumental) Their Pre-Power combo might fit in Rs 100K budget and deliver some 10o WPC and more.

AV MAX carried a review of Advance acoustic amp very recently.

Thanks a lot guys for great responses!

I am thinking of auditioning Rotel, NAD & Parasound. The MF, Advance acoustic and Odyssey Stratos appear to be out of budget for me (assuming that dealers here will charge one and half times that of US retail price). It is not that others won't do that but it would fit the budget.

How do guys rate Rotel RA 1070 integrated amplifier? It appears to be available for about 80K (2007 december pricing). Is it a worth buy? Would it be able to drive Audience 72?

I also inquired about Parasound New Classic series. The pre/power combo (model 2125 + model 2100) is coming for around 80K again. NAD C372 integrated amplifier is around 60K.

Again, any opinions would be welcome.

Thanks,
Tarun

I am selling my Odyssey Stratos and the Odyssey Candela under 100K - check out the classifieds section if you havent already.

Advance acoustic is certainly the most bang for the buck , VFM amp. Prices are very good. 75 WPC Integrated is around 24K , 100 WPC Integrated around 50K, Pre+Power (200 WPC) is around 75K. Check prices at their India dealer NOVA audio , Mumbai before discarding.

HifiJunky,

Do audition the Parasound. They sound very good. I would also like a feedback after your audition.

Cheers

Frankly nothing under a lac will beat that preowned stratos+candela combo. NAD is rubbish. I'd probably call it the most overrated amp ever.

Tarun, I have the Rotel RA 1070 Integrated and use it to drive 86 db efficient Quad 11Ls bookshelves. It drives them smoothly and at the 3 o clock position it is loud enough. However at 80K you should look at other options much better than the Rotel Integrated. I would recommend you audition the Nu-Force (within your budget) Integrated or their mono blocs which will be a little out of your budget.