Neo
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Amp seems to have pack up over the weekend and not sure what to get to replace it.
Cant be too expensive, and i don't need speakers as i already have them in set up in the room.
Price target of about 100 as its only for a bedroom. Needs at least 3 Aux ins and optical in.
Links Please 
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drunkenfool
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=437636
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ash_corsa
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Plenty here
RicherSounds
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Neo
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quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=437636
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Full stops still not working 
Bit out of my range tbh 
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drunkenfool
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Gutted, it was about £550 new so a pretty decent amp! Im gonna stick it on the AV forums when im back in the UK next week anywya, just thought id give corsasport a first chance Woke up this morning and I seem to be able to type norvmally, although I shouldnt jinx it!
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Neo
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Might check back with you after i get paid, looked at the stats of it and its sounds mint.
Maybe a U2U in a week or so
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Dom
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You after an AV amp or stereo amp?
But richersounds is always a winner, some of the cambridge audio amps are turning out to be excellent
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drunkenfool
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quote:
Originally posted by Neo
Might check back with you after i get paid, looked at the stats of it and its sounds mint.
Maybe a U2U in a week or so
Cool matey, as i said, im still living in spain for another week anyway so no massive rush. If you're interested let me know and you get first dibs, otherise ill just stick it on the AV forums
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Doug
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Matt sell it to me based on our previosu negotiations.
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Neo
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
You after an AV amp or stereo amp?
But richersounds is always a winner, some of the cambridge audio amps are turning out to be excellent
Mainly Audio, dont require Video abilities really
I had a decent goodmans one, however it seems to not turn on, or when it does doesnt output sound 
Annoyingly i cant even replace it with the same model 
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Dom
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Years ago, i had a goodmans but the thing just packed up.
Personally i would richer sounds it or ebay for something like a Denon (PMA-250 are brilliant, brother has one, 16years old and still going strong!).
Or £150 mark gets your a rotel power amp and pre amp setup, brilliant gear again!
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Neo
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I might be purchasing that link you u2u'd me. How good in comparison is it with the rotel power amp ?
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
You after an AV amp or stereo amp?
But richersounds is always a winner, some of the cambridge audio amps are turning out to be excellent
Pardon my stupidity but what's the difference? I'm looking at getting an amp setup soonish.
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Neo
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Some amps only do audio, some do video, so if you have 1 input on your TV for example, but 3 things you want to connect, you can attach them to the amp, and then use it to choose which you want.
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James
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Ah I see, I didn't know you could do that.
But I guess for example if I connected my PS3 to it, I would lose the HD quality unless I had an AV Reciever that supports HD?
[Edited on 23-06-2008 by James]
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Neo
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Yeah some have HDMI in and out so you wouldnt loose any quality
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James
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What about if I bought one without HDMI but wanted to run my PS3's audio through it but the PS3 video direct to the TV (so not to lose the HD quality), is that possible?
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quote:
Originally posted by James
What about if I bought one without HDMI but wanted to run my PS3's audio through it but the PS3 video direct to the TV (so not to lose the HD quality), is that possible?
Yes.
That's how the skanks do it. 
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James
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[Stupid]How would I do that?[/Stupid]
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I had HDMI to my monitor, and then you can choose to put the audio through the scart lead thing, so just a usual Aux-in input into an amp.
Because my monitor is old, and my PC one, it's HDMI - HDI, so doesn't transmit the sound, i used the scart thing, into my PC and then through my PC speakers.
Sounds like a pain in the arse, but it's not too bad, can also have music in the background from my PC then if i'm playing something like Pro Evo
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Neo
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Back to the point of this thread...links to fair amps for around a ton plz 
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quote:
Originally posted by James
What about if I bought one without HDMI but wanted to run my PS3's audio through it but the PS3 video direct to the TV (so not to lose the HD quality), is that possible?
You wouldnt lose the quality with a decent AV amp mate, some even upscale non HD images to HD.
If you really didnt want to though, you could send PS3 straight to TV with HDMI audio off and then send the amp the audio via optical (fibre optic) this would give the best possible sound as its in dolby digital
Sorry for the hi-jack buddy, back to the original topic!
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by James
Pardon my stupidity but what's the difference? I'm looking at getting an amp setup soonish.
AV Amps/receivers/Sound processors have all the decoders to process Dolby Surround/Digital, TrueHD, DTS, THX etc for films.
Sound processors is the just above - has the decoders and preamp (input source switching, volume/EQ controls etc) and requires external power-amps before feeding the speakers. They also tend not to deal with Video input sources.
AV Amp is a Sound processor (so has all the decoders etc) but has an integrated amplifier(s). So it's an all in one unit.
AV Receiver is the above, but also includes a Tuner (radio).
On the hifi side of things, you're just dealing with stereo audio. So either an integrated Amp (preamp and amplifiers in one box) or separate preamp and power amp(s).
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Originally posted by Neo
I might be purchasing that link you u2u'd me. How good in comparison is it with the rotel power amp?
If you're only doing stereo then the rotels (remember you need both a preamp and a power amp) will be a lot better, but to get the most out of them you'll need a decent pair of speakers. And you can pick up some Arcam/Cyrus stuff fairly cheap as well. But things start getting expensive especially when you can mono-block power amps (so one per channel/speaker). It's worth going down this route if you plan a full overhaul of your system, otherwise for a replacement to your Goodman's on a limited budget then i would shop for a Cambridge Audio, or a second hand Denon or Nad
If you want to do AV video switching and Dolby digital, multi-channel stuff then get the AV Receiver. If you want to get serious then a separate stage multi-channel system is what i would plan, but you're starting to look at a lot of money
[Edited on 24-06-2008 by Dom]
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