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Norge Reference 2000 Stereo Amplifier

A basic stereo amplifier that performs well and is ideal for purely listening to music.

Siddharth Zarabi|Oct 03, 2007, 17:50:00 IST

Introduction

Wake up, music aficionados! Finally, here's a stereo amp review to pump up the voltage – and there's no PCM, digital circuitry, or whatnot to chop your poor signal into bits. Better still, this is an affordable mid-range product from Norge, an Indian manufacturer of hi-fi stereos and speakers.

We got Norge's bookshelf speakers for review too; but more on that later. For now it’s the Reference 2000 stereo amplifier that I want to drive my speakers with. This model is priced at Rs 10,000 retail, way cheaper than many of its foreign high-end counterparts.

By Siddharth Zarabi

Siddharth Zarabi is Editor (Economic Policy) and Delhi Bureau Chief at CNBC-TV18.

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