adding a 2 channel amp

[madison29 10+ year member]

i just bought a rotel rsx 1057,2 klipsch floorstanding rf 63's and a center channel rf 62.i will be adding surround speakers later. for now i mainly listening to cd's. any ideas of a 2 channel amp that i could add for just for the 2 floor speakers? the rf 63's take 175 watts and the rotel in stereo mode gives out 100.it sounds great but i dont want to underpower them.

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

What's your budget?

I could rattle off name after name of amps that would work, but if they're all too expensive, doesn't help you much.

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

ART SLA-2 (or SLA-1)?

 

[madison29 10+ year member]

sorry, around $500 for budget

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1158891267

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And when I'm drooling over something solid state, that's saying something //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

Jim, your posting very good links to audio sales. I'm starting to hate you for doing this. If you keep doing it my pocket book is going to hate you also.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

I would say since you have Rotel stuff already, you should look at the RB-1080 or something of the like.... But since you only have a budget of $500 you should look around ebay and see if you can find something simular to it for around that price...

I have to say that link that JimJ put up would be a nice addition also....

 

[madison29 10+ year member]

I would say since you have Rotel stuff already, you should look at the RB-1080 or something of the like.... But since you only have a budget of $500 you should look around ebay and see if you can find something simular to it for around that price...

I have to say that link that JimJ put up would be a nice addition also....

ok next component will be a decent sub to go with my setup. any ideas around $400? should i stick with klipsch or go with another brand?

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

ok next component will be a decent sub to go with my setup. any ideas around $400? should i stick with klipsch or go with another brand?

DIY? $400 for a powered or non powered sub?

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

i just bought a rotel rsx 1057,2 klipsch floorstanding rf 63's and a center channel rf 62.i will be adding surround speakers later. for now i mainly listening to cd's. any ideas of a 2 channel amp that i could add for just for the 2 floor speakers? the rf 63's take 175 watts and the rotel in stereo mode gives out 100.it sounds great but i dont want to underpower them.

As long as you don't over drive the Rotel's internal amplifier you won't do any damage to the speakers. You say it sounds great so I say why spend more money on an amp that won't sound any better than the Rotel??

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

ok next component will be a decent sub to go with my setup. any ideas around $400? should i stick with klipsch or go with another brand?

DIY.

Dayton Reference series 15", plate amp and a sheet or two of MDF.

 

[madison29 10+ year member]

hows this one look? not to familiar with diy.

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=300-635&dotd=081806

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Doesn't look too bad, not much more than the cost of the plate amp alone //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif