what amp???

[basite]

my dad haves a 5.1 surround setup from B&W ( front: DM604 S3, center: LCR600 S3, rear: DM601 S3 subwoofer: asw600) he's concerned about his amplifier/receiver and want's to know what would be a better one in the 1000 to 2000$ price range. So I ask you guys, do you have any idea what would be a good surround amp/receiver. he now uses a yamaha rx-v1200RDS.



i hope you've got some ideas

thanks,
Basite

[RoyY51]

He might consider the Nad T773 or T763. I have the 763 and I have come to appreciate its strengths. It has 6 channels with a honest 100 watts per. Not the last word in bells and whistles, but its basic performance is a large cut above the usual mass-market (Yamaha, Denon, Pioneer, etc...) receiver. It lists for $1399, but can be found for less if you look around. I got mine at DMC Electronics in Garden Grove, CA for considerably less. I'm pretty sure that they sell online

Happy Hunting!

[paul_pci]

Honestly, not sure what kind of improvement he'd get for $1k. I recently auditioned the 700 line, the bookshelf one (forget the number) and at one particular shop, the guy switched the amplification from B&K separates to a Yamaha receiver similar to what I own and I swear, I could not really tell a difference. What you might want to do is get a two channel amp for the towers and let the receiver handle the remaining channels. In that case, he could save some money and get a nice Rotel or Adcom amp. Folks around here praise Odyssey which I believe is an online operation. There's another member on this board (Shokhead) who runs 603s I believe from a Denon receiver, and he's never expressed doubt, that I remember, about the amplifcation quality.

[accastil]

basite, the electronics to perfectly match your BnW's could either be rotel or Classe. im just not sure if Classe would fit into your budget but choosing any between these 2 would make a perfect match for sure.

[N. Abstentia]

In that budget range you can easily get an Outlaw 990 pre/pro with a 5 or 7 channel amp that would kill any receiver in this range.

[basite]

if he uses the yamaha as a temporarily pre-amp/signal processor, and a Rotel RMB-1077 as power amp (which it is), would that give good sound, or should he go for the rmb-1075??

[accastil]

if he uses the yamaha as a temporarily pre-amp/signal processor, and a Rotel RMB-1077 as power amp (which it is), would that give good sound, or should he go for the rmb-1075??

the 604s are normal sized floor standers. the 70-wpc rotel power amps could easily drive them.