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My Arcam amp has been creaking along for years and has had dials replaced twice (maybe three times, I forget) plus I've cleaned them multiple times. They do seem to be a weakness and the input selector dial seems to have irrecoverably died now so I think it's time to finally give up and buy something else as replacing the dials only buys time before they go again (I have a Creek 4040 upstairs which is even older and it's never shown any sign of trouble.) I haven't kept up with HiFi and don't know what's available so if anyone is a HiFi fan or has bought something recently I'd be grateful for advice.
I like to buy British if at all possible but Googling proved depressing as several of the brands I knew of seem to have gone and more seem to have been bought out and / or shifted production to China or elsewhere. Arcam, Audiolab, Creek, Musical Fidelity etc... all just names on foreign made boxes now. I did see Quad are still going but sadly not enough inputs while Sugden are out of my price range. So, does anyone know of anything that might tempt me before I give up and just buy a Chinese box from Richer Sounds?
I need to be able to plug in my turntable, tuner, CD and tape deck also I'd like the on/off switch to be on the front. The tape deck seems to be a problem as several amps I've looked at don't have tape in/out. I was hoping to spend about £600 or so.
I like to buy British if at all possible but Googling proved depressing as several of the brands I knew of seem to have gone and more seem to have been bought out and / or shifted production to China or elsewhere. Arcam, Audiolab, Creek, Musical Fidelity etc... all just names on foreign made boxes now. I did see Quad are still going but sadly not enough inputs while Sugden are out of my price range. So, does anyone know of anything that might tempt me before I give up and just buy a Chinese box from Richer Sounds?
I need to be able to plug in my turntable, tuner, CD and tape deck also I'd like the on/off switch to be on the front. The tape deck seems to be a problem as several amps I've looked at don't have tape in/out. I was hoping to spend about £600 or so.