Need advice for some choice of Integrated Amps..

[liemjerry]

Hello Friend..

I have some choice but confuse when I want to pair with my Speaker ( Epos M12.2 )

some choices are :

1. Marantz 1122
2. Pioneer A-616
3. Pioneer A-447
4. Marantz 1150
5. Yamaha AX-592
6. NAD 3020i
7. Rotel RA-01
8. Rotel RA-02

I want and like the vocal of singer, my primary music genre is Jazz Vocal and Country..
Can you give suggestion which is of those Amplifier above that have good vocal characteristic or thick in vocal for my music genre? and good soundstaging too

Thank you so much

 

[ghamilton]

You need some of the better Sansui amps on that list.

 

[liemjerry]

You need some of the better Sansui amps on that list.

I rather didn't like Sansui Amps, they act noisy

 

[KentTeffeteller]

Good Sansui sounds better than most all else for vocals that does not have a McIntosh logo up front.

 

[ranch 22b]

I'm not familiar with your speakers but that NAD 3020 series has quite a number of fans. It has a particularly good phono section. I use a 3020 here at my house.

 

[liemjerry]

in the beginning I plan to get Sansui, but because of lack find good condition and also there's some noisy sound when music is off and the volume raising up, so I skip Sansui and concern to Marantz
What about Marantz 1122 DC ?

 

[rlisin]

Background noise can happen in any amp that's 30-40 years old, Sansui, Marantz, NAD, and others too. You'll have to check particular units to avoid that. Especially in phono stage.
For nice vocals I would say first NAD, then Marantz.

I would not even look at Yamaha or Pioneer (the ones you listed). Not sure about Rotel - very early models from the 70s sounded pleasant, later (80s and 90s) were quite aggressive, but I don't know how RA-01 and RA-02 sound.

Examples of some other amps I know that are very pleasant and good with vocals: Cyrus One, Leak Delta 70, Denon PMA-250 (first version), Harman/Kardon HK 6550. Proton amps are also very good, they are very similar to NAD (same design). Agree with Luxman (but NAD is cheaper than a good Luxman).