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outsider10

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Greetings from Oregon
« on: 16 May 2020, 10:29 pm »
Hi All...just joined, primarily because my vintage Sansui integrated is fading and I'm starting to shop for new amplification.

Will prob be spending time in Odyssey forum for starters.

Looks to be a wealth of info here! I will try to search first, ask questions later
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Re: Greetings from Oregon
« Reply #1 on: 16 May 2020, 10:44 pm »
Welcome :thumb:
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Re: Greetings from Oregon
« Reply #2 on: 16 May 2020, 10:53 pm »
Welcome from the Willamete valley.  Just post a couple more times and open the magic box here at AC.

Alan
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Wind Chaser

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« Reply #3 on: 16 May 2020, 11:00 pm »
Welcome to Audio Circle.  :D
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outsider10

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Re: Greetings from Oregon
« Reply #4 on: 16 May 2020, 11:16 pm »
Thank you folks!

Been hanging out on the Hoffman forums; need to broaden my horizons a bit...
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Phil A

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« Reply #5 on: 16 May 2020, 11:37 pm »
Welcome!
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outsider10

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Re: Greetings from Oregon
« Reply #6 on: 17 May 2020, 12:18 am »
Besides Odyssey, what would you folks recommend for reasonably priced power amps?

I have rather inefficient speakers- Polk 705s - so need a decent amount of power, e.g. 150 wpc.

A vintage Threshold is a possibility but I really want something reliable.
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Re: Greetings from Oregon
« Reply #7 on: 17 May 2020, 01:09 am »
Inefficient speakers is a long and winding road, if you get a 100dB efficient speakers as Klipsch RF7 or RF-83 you could use a inexpensive small (10W) tube amp, just a idea.
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mresseguie

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Re: Greetings from Oregon
« Reply #8 on: 17 May 2020, 03:19 am »
Oregon? I've heard of that place... Great beer, coffee, clean air, lots of hiking and outdoor escapes, not so many audiophiles, but that's slowly changing, high property taxes, and <mostly> laid back people. I like it!

Welcome to AC!

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Mudslide

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« Reply #9 on: 17 May 2020, 03:31 am »
Outdoor escapes?  LOL, I wouldn't count wandering in my backyard as an outdoor escape.   :(

Welcome from the Oregon coast, outsider10.
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Mike-48

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« Reply #10 on: 17 May 2020, 03:32 am »
Welcome from Portland!
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Re: Greetings from Oregon
« Reply #11 on: 17 May 2020, 06:32 am »
Greetings & Welcome to AC outsider10   :thumb:
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eboleyn

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« Reply #12 on: 17 May 2020, 05:33 pm »
Quote from: outsider10 on 17 May 2020, 12:18 am
Besides Odyssey, what would you folks recommend for reasonably priced power amps?

I have rather inefficient speakers- Polk 705s - so need a decent amount of power, e.g. 150 wpc.

A vintage Threshold is a possibility but I really want something reliable.

What do you mean by "reasonably priced"?

I've found I like "transistors with some color", so have enjoyed both Pass Labs and his DIY "first watt" amps.  Some of them have plenty of power, but frankly you have to play pretty loud even with 88 db/watt to be pumping out a lot of power.  In any case, you can often find older-gen versions of those amps on forums/audiogon/ebay for not too much.

Erich Boleyn
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