Advice on replacement for Nikko NR-1219 receiver
Ok, I'm starting a new thread here. Everyone jump in if you want and give me advice for a replacment receiver for my now missing NR-1219 which I bought in 1978. It had dual outputs at 100/chan each. I will not be needing anything in the home theatre arena, just audio only. So, what can you recommend for a replacement receiver for, say, under $500 with dual outputs and 100 w/chan. Oh-I should add that one speaker pair is a dual voice coil sub-woofer that sucks up power like crazy. The amp will think it's a dead short at times.
Music Hall makes a 2 channel receiver
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Originally Posted by DoneThat
Hey-thanks for the nice replys. My sub dual voice coil means there is only 1 speaker with 2 inputs. Made by Phillips in the 70's. I just replaced the foam surround on it. The sattelite speakers are refurbed JBL L-44's. The original 8" woofers have been replaced. The only thing original now are the cabinets.
Just because I am 'retro' doesn't mean I want to go back to the 50's for Gods sake. I loved the advent of solid state into the audio world and thinks its crazy to go back to tubes. I like the authentic sound from solid state and use a graphics equalizer to make everything come out right.
So, any more suggestions on new receivers out there?
The Music Hall Maven. I had one for a while, and it DID have outputs for a sub. It also has a built in up-sampling DAC, so you can use your current CD player as a transport, and still get to hear the fluidity that upsampling can bring to CD playback.
I really didn't have it long enough
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Originally Posted by Mike Lambdin
I was wondering what you thought of the Maven. Currently I have the Music Hall A25.2, along with the 25.2 tuner and cd player - sounds marvelous in its' current location. But I will soon have an aditional, much larger, room and am looking for a more powerful amp or reciever to feed larger speakers. I was considering the Mambo or the Maven.
So it's hard to put a tag on it. It was well built.