Cheap amp to drive Naim Credos

[mrcnkaz]

Hello All

I am looking for an amplifier to drive Naim Credo speakers.This can be integrated or power amp. I know that reasonable choice would be Naim power amp but my budget is fairly limited at the moment and it has to be something in £200 region. Any advice much appreciated as I am not very familiar with Naim gear. I am running them with Sony TA-F920 QR integrated and it sound nice but lacking little bit of details and resolution.

Thank you

 

[RobHolt]

The Credo is an easy load and pretty sensitive, so lots of options.

For £200 you should find a nice Cyrus 3 or one of earlier Arcam FMJ models.

Both reasonably common which keeps the price down.

 

[bandit pilot]

I've got a pair of Credo's on at the mo. Being driven very nicely with 24w of pp tubes.

But!

They can be a bit top happy. My experience of Cyrus is the same. So I would be having a listen to the marriage of Cyrus/Credo before I laid my money down. Just in case.

 

[mrcnkaz]

Thanks Robholt and bandit pilot. I thought that Naim speakers should sound better with solid state as I believe Naim is more transistor orientated

I would love to try some tubes to be honest. My room is fairly small and i placed them very close to wall but they sound nice there.

I have a chance for Aura P200 for reasonable price. Is this possibly a good match? Anyone heard this amp? What should i be expecting from this amp with Credos?