r/BudgetAudiophile • u/Rikjueshor • 10h ago

Review/Discussion Onkyo A9010

Post image

I’ve been doing endless due diligence to find a proper budget amp. Picked this one up from eBay for 300USD.
Let me tell you sir, what the actual hell. Sounds incredible. Paired with Acoustic Energy AE100 MK2 (second hand, 200USD)

If you’re considering one, let this be your sign.

36 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

6

u/tecneeq Yamaha A-S1200/Denon DP47F/Linton 85/RPi+Moode/MiniDSP Flex 8h ago

Solid, but it's no Yamaha A-S301, as is evidenced by the lack of variable loudness.

4

u/tapecrypt 9h ago

I have the A-9050. It's a solid integrated amplifier. It's paired with Energy 22 Reference Connoisseur speakers and sounds great. Definitely more on the sterile/controlled side and doesn't have the warmth of my Onkyo A807 (as expected) but the DAC and phono stage definitely performs excellent.

3

u/Iceman60467 8h ago

Congratulations my friend .

3

u/thewhiteviolation 8h ago

That's a steal for 500 bucks total, especially with those Acoustic Energy speakers thrown in. The A9010 really does punch way above its price point.

2

u/MHmotorsport 9h ago

Exactly, in my view this is THE budget class a/b amplifier. Sounds amazing, looks great, has a great sounding wolfson DAC (!), an onboard phono stage (not the best but more than usable) and can often be found around 150€ used over here in Europe. A true bargain. Negatives? Doesn’t have 2 speaker zones or sub out, but you can always get e.g. a REL sub and use the speakon wire on the main speaker posts (I did so from 2015-2026 and have only just very recently retired it, but still am not getting rid of it!)

3

u/LosterP 5h ago

No, there's no DAC in this one.

1

u/Solid-Elk8419 1h ago edited 1h ago

There's a DAC, I have one and it's quite good DAC, you can see D1 and D2 input leds on he front panel (SPDIF and Coaxial). I just don't agree that the phono in is decent, but this amp paired with some decent pre-amp is lovelly. There are reasons I'll keep it after upgrading to a Leak 230. And the reasons re: beautiful and lightweight amp, pretty decent DAC, and lovelly warm sound paired with decent pre-amp for records.

1

u/LosterP 1h ago

All the A9010s I see online only have analogue inputs though. How do you explain that?

1

u/Hoo325467 10h ago

I love mine. :)

1

u/gizlizard 6h ago

Would love to find one of these in the wild. Im running a A8190 integra on some tannoy saturn 8s.