Audio Banter - View Single Post - A&R A60 vs NAD 3020 (was '2-pin DIN Connectors')

**Ed Vine** · #6 (**permalink**) December 13th 08, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Woody

"Peregrinvs" wrote in message
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Thanks to everyone who took the time and trouble to reply to this
thread. In the end I decided not to buy the A&R A60 with the DIN
sockets (read as: didn't bid for it on eBay) and decided to bid on one
in a later auction that had binding posts.

Much to my annoyance, I didn't win the one with binding posts. To rub
it in, I could have probably won the one with DIN sockets as I could
have collected it in person = put in a higher bid.

So; does any freindly person in the UK have an A&R A60 they want to
sell at a reasonable price to me?

Failing that, another classic British amp, the NAD 3020, seems to sell
at a generally lower price than the A&R A60.

Which of the two would anyone recommend and why?

Thanks,
Mark

Personally I have always thought the AR rather bright. The NAD is a simple
and reliable unit although now a little long in the tooth. Having said that
most of their newer units are just as ggod.

Unless it is mandatory to buy British designed (NAD are built in the Far
East) don't overlook Rotel, Denon, and Cambridge, all of which give stonking
performance per pound (sterling.)

--

Woody

It's only the later ones that have that bright sound to them. Seek out an early one with a headphone jack that is held in with a plastic nut rather than the later flush-fitted socket and you should be rewarded with one of the warmest, sweetest sounding amps that not-a-lot of money will buy..