Excellent link by Ron Olsen . Note the typical dissmissals of blind testing on the behalf of other posters. It does not matter if blind testing has flaws the flaws in sigthed testing are infinitely worse any day.
And some get upsett and read it like a "cheap avr is just as good as anything" . This is not the case, the limitation is within it's current and voltage and power limits. And the avr was used 2ch . And speakers , modern avr can drive most speakers to modest volumes but not all speakers. i had 4 ohm dynaudios avr was not faboulous with them especially with all 6ch driven. Dynaudio want's 200wpc even the stand mounts, I think some B&W are a bit of a amp busters to. There is always a case for a good amp, just be aware of the limitation on what you can achive. And note that there is truly " different" amps that they could pick in the blind test beware. Hence another tip of better sound . If you get an avr get one with line level outs for each channel . For a couple of years i used an avr that way a befy power amp for my main speakers the avr's amp did center and rear . I had an analog pre amp at a defined level when i listen movies or multi ch . I eventually bougth more power amps on the used market so the avr was in the end only preamp. Then I got my meridian preamp . Thats another tip many folks want 5 or 7 ch power amps, so used 2ch come in decent prices . It takes more rack space to keep 3 2ch amps but it saved $ and performed well no compromisses to cram everything in to a single small box. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93111 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
