Anyone recommend an old hifi amp good for home studio use?

[Georgerob]

I am currently using a lovely vintage early 80's Marantz amp given to me by my brother some years ago.. but the old thing is on the way out now. I love it because it has a headphone out and a direct monitor switch, so when recording someone in the room with me, I can just hit that switch and mute the monitors whilst still monitoring via the headphones. It's a good amp, but I'm not sure it was ever built for the purpose.

Can anyone recommend an old amp which is good for monitoring in a home studio setup? And which might be available for around £30 possibly on ebay?!

Thanks

[Georgerob]

PS forgot to mention I'm using Studio Spares SN-10 speakers (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yJzSlDel2w...pares+SN10.jpg)

[Georgerob]

Or equally, if anyone can recommend a cheap old dedicated studio/monitoring amp for £30 - £60 that would be great too.

[Craig F]

can it be rebuilt? new caps, maybe new pots or is new enough that it's loaded with ICs

[Georgerob]

Originally Posted by Craig F

can it be rebuilt? new caps, maybe new pots or is new enough that it's loaded with ICs

Yes i suppose I could clean out all the pots. What are ICs? It's from about 1980 - 1982 I think.

[Craig F]

IC: Integrated Circuit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit
capacitors, ristiors and transistors all on the same slab of silicon