Looking for a new DIY amp for my old speakers

[eisp4nzer]

Hi there,

This is my first thread, so please: be gentle 🙂

I have a pair of Energy Audissey A3+2, which are beeing used with an old Onkyo (not stereo) and since I love doing it myself, I decided it's finally time to create an amplifier good enough for my speakers, as I am not (at all) happy with the amp I got... Don't really know why: but I'm bot happy about the sound I get from this amp

So... The last couple of days, I've been searching for the best class, the best circuit, and so on and so on... But the thing is: I haven't managed myself to decide the amp I should buid

I've read that the Hypex Ncore is pretty awesome, but I was looking for something a little bit less expensive

What I'm trying to say is, what is the best value for money? I know that quality comes at a certain price, but somethings can be overrated, right?

Is Ncore really value for the money? 'Cause if they are I shall buy one of those... But is there any better (or similar) at a lower price?

these are my speaker specs:
http://www.hifihenkes.de/produkte/energy/info/pro/classic/energy_in_audissey.pdf

Thanks in advance

 

[eisp4nzer]

I think I just made up my mind, but still, I would like to know what are your thougts about this baby: TDA8954

http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/TDA8954.pdf

Later, I'll be posting photos about my new project

 

[thaddeussmith]

for future reference, the Hypex Ncore's are monoblocks.. so you'd actually need to buy two of everything and therefore double the cost ($1600ish USD).

 

[eisp4nzer]

for future reference, the Hypex Ncore's are monoblocks.. so you'd actually need to buy two of everything and therefore double the cost ($1600ish USD).

Ouch...

And thanks for the info