Marantz NA6005

It’s perhaps a little unfair that Marantz has a reputation for ugly but effective amps, because the NA6005 is a nice-looking, chunky network player. And it’s capable of top-notch sound thanks to Marantz’s renowned HDAM technology, which delivers an ultra-high slew rate and bandwidth to deliver audio quality to please the purists. It’s also very affordable.

£299, marantz.co.uk