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Bronze Member Username: Virus5877West Lafayette, Indiana USA Post Number: 56 Registered: Apr-05 | Just out of curiosity: has anyone ever found a digital amp that distorts less than an .07% from 20Hz-20kHz with all channels driven? I ask because I'm running a test to see if any digi amp out there can beat good ol' HK analog amps... bring it on! |
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Silver Member Username: Edster922Abubala, Ababala The Occupation Post Number: 333 Registered: Mar-05 | Cy, you'd probably get more feedback using this: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=f530619bf0af7eb73441016784d5f07e &threadid=417894&pagenumber=1 or just posting this new thread there. |
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Silver Member Username: MarkuspToronto, ON Canada Post Number: 116 Registered: Apr-04 | I know I might get flamed for this but take away the analog and you take away the "warmth" with music and what you have left is a clinical sound - detailed but clinical. At least that's what I experienced. Others will prefer the clinical sound and argue that "warmth" means colored but its what I prefer, as does anyone who uses tube based products (which I do not). |
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Silver Member Username: Edster922Abubala, Ababala The Occupation Post Number: 335 Registered: Mar-05 | Markus, no flames from me, just more questions: which digital receivers have you auditioned? Please detail the model, source, etc. |
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Silver Member Username: MarkuspToronto, ON Canada Post Number: 118 Registered: Apr-04 | Edster - to be fair, the model I had for 2 months was the Panasonic XR50. I figured I would just start with one of the better digital receivers from the start as others seem to by hybrids of some sort (Sony, Harman Kardon etc.). As I said, it was detailed but not to my liking. I prefer a more musical or warm presentation. |
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Silver Member Username: Edster922Abubala, Ababala The Occupation Post Number: 376 Registered: Mar-05 | Markus, what speakers were you running on the xr50? I'd imagine if you had warm speakers that would probably take a lot of the edge off the "clinical" quality. I listened to a friend's JVC RX-F10 running Ascend 340s which are a neutral to warm speaker, and it was pretty amazing. |
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Silver Member Username: MarkuspToronto, ON Canada Post Number: 119 Registered: Apr-04 | I switched in and out a few of my speakers to form my opinion. They were Monitor Audio B2s, Definitive Technology BP2006TLs and Mirage Omnisats. Sounded clinical with all of them but then again, I'm used to the sound from Anthem products and most recently Harman Kardon & Nakamichi. |