[kdejonge]

Hi,

After several years of trusted service of my cheap pioneer 5.1 receiver I am in the market for a new one. I have started to upgrade my sound system with a set of Wharfedale diamond 10.1 and recently purchased a Pro-ject Carbon. Playing vinyl is so much fun .

Next up is the receiver, here I am starting to get really confused . I am mostly focused around listening to vinyl, maybe an optical in would be nice to connect to my Raspberry Pi project (volumio.org). I intent to use this in my living room, dedicated to listening to records and such. Not for movies.

An interesting wrinkle in all of this is that I might want to move back to Europe in the next couple of years so I would love to buy something that can handle both 110 and 220v.

The budget is

 

[kdejonge]

Ok spend my evening researching and found the Rotel Ra-12. This seems a great amp with all the capabilities I need. The manual also states I can move it with me to the Europe and they can switch it to 220. I'll be going to listen to it tomorrow .

 

[crn3371]

Does it have to be a receiver? If you don't need the radio I'd be looking at integrated amps instead of receivers.

 

[kdejonge]

Good call, thx. Went with the rotel ar12 today, which is an amp.


Amazing sound

 

[vlad2304]

Hi, is it true that it is switchable to 220v?

 

[kdejonge]

Hi, is it true that it is switchable to 220v?

Yep the rotel is, will cost about 50 by a tech shop.

 

[FMW]

In my view you can get an AV receiver for less money that will do the same job and a lot more thanks to economies of scale.