Tangent Audio Amp-50 Integrated Amplifier .

Tangent Audio Amp-50 Integrated Amplifier for sale. Great condition, upgrade to a bigger amp forces sale! Review here: http://www.goodsound.com/equipment/tangent_amp50.htm A great amp for the money, with 40 wpc Located in Loughborough "For several years now, I’ve had a dilemma: How do I explain to someone assembling a first hi-fi system that he or she should expect to spend $400 on the integrated amplifier alone? The integrated amp in question is always NAD’s C320BEE ($399), and while I know there are other integrated amps that compete with the C320BEE in the same price bracket, the NAD is the one I’m familiar with. I normally recommend it because I consider it worth owning if you’re serious about good sound. Most people I know consider $400 a lot of money to spend on a stereo component (shocking, I know). But I just hadn’t found a less expensive alternative that I wouldn’t feel guilty about suggesting in the NAD’s place. Until Tangent Audio’s Amp-50 came along. The Amp-50 is a ridiculously good value -- although not without shortcomings, it has plenty of strengths: good build quality, a rich feature set complete with phono stage, and good overall sound quality with levels of transparency and resolution that I hadn’t expected for $259. I know of no other integrated amplifier at the price that can match it in these areas -- the Amp-50 occupies a class of its own. If you’re thinking of building a first stereo system -- or even a second system -- and don’t want to spend a lot of cash, you’d be silly not to give the Amp-50 an audition. Pair it with some appropriately priced, well-engineered speakers (the PSB Alpha B1s I reviewed last February come to mind), and you’ll likely be surprised by how much more there is to hear in your music collection. With the Tangent Amp-50, the price of entry to good sound just got a little lower. Definitely a GoodSound! Great Buy! -- and then some. "