Amplifier for KEF 104/2

[lucid]

Hi, the integrated RA03 is newer than the RB991 (200W pc) power amp that I've still use. I'm rather out of touch with their later models TBH (for which my wallet thanks me), so take this with a dose of salt, but I was very impressed with their power amps but less so with their 'grainy' preamps.

Ditto

I had a stack of 2x981, 1x980, 2x971 driving my AV speakers from a TAG processor. It sounded sublime, so yes the power amps are good. I also tried one of the pre-amps (RC850 I think) that came with a 2nd hand power amp. I still have bad dreams about that experience

I do wonder though if going pre-power with the sort of budget hinted at (i.e. closer to £300 if poss) is going to be worth the hassle?

 

[lucid]

i've just built a house so i have put a hdmi cable in the wall and a single hdmi wallplate behind where the tv will be wall mounted. I need a couple of hdmi and a couple of scart inputs to one hdmi output.

The right sort of AV amp will handle signal conversion from SCART (composite video & S-video) to HDMI, and also provide HDMI switching for the other sources. However, they won't handle RGB via SCART.

There are no mass market AV amps though that will convert RGB via SCART to a HDMI signal. For that you'll need either a converter box per SCART RGB source (2 x £130'ish) and then feed those outputs in to a scaling AV amp (£250+ secondhand / £400+ new). Alternatively you can do it simpler and to better quality and for a little less cost with a scaler if you know the right person to speak to hint hint

 

[chrisvb]

The right sort of AV amp will handle signal conversion from SCART (composite video & S-video) to HDMI, and also provide HDMI switching for the other sources. However, they won't handle RGB via SCART.

There are no mass market AV amps though that will convert RGB via SCART to a HDMI signal. For that you'll need either a converter box per SCART RGB source (2 x £130'ish) and then feed those outputs in to a scaling AV amp (£250+ secondhand / £400+ new). Alternatively you can do it simpler and to better quality and for a little less cost with a scaler if you know the right person to speak to hint hint

this seems like it will be very costly as i'm going to need 2-3 of these maybe more.

 

[lucid]

this seems like it will be very costly as i'm going to need 2-3 of these maybe more.

New the sort of suitable hi-performance scaler to do what you want would have been £1200-£1500, but luckily they're available secondhand now for a quarter of the cost.

 

[Soul.Survivor]

how much would it be?

Paid £500 for it so how's £250 for ya?

 

[BF-Bert]

You should be able to pick up an Arcam A70 of the bay for £150-200. As I recall they weren't the best received Arcam amp tho.

 

[sicknote]

Second hand Musical Fidelity X-A2