speaking of old-school i have a gorgeous minimalist Advent 300 receiver in
the garage that i feel should replace the RX-1100; it's strong enough to
drive the Cantons to desk listening levels, and i don't need video, and
among other things it has a very nice phono preamp
I had an Advent 300 for many years & yes it was a great minimalist
receiver - but alas I could get no one to repair it - but I sure got my
money's worth out of it.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "steve harley" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Waaaayyyyy OT: Stereo receivers
on 2012-01-26 20:23 Rick Womer wrote
I'm looking for something that will accept input from a turntable, CD
player, DVD player, and maybe a computer; has a decent FM tuner; will
supply ~30-40 watts per channel through my 5 ohm EPI speakers; and will
sound really good. By really good, I mean making an orchestra, piano,
mezzo-soprano, or organ sound like an orchestra, piano, mezzo-soprano, or
organ.
It's been so long since I researched this stuff that I don't even know
where to begin. Any suggestions?
first, i'm not a *phile, just *enjoyer; hope this helps
almost everything except the high-end these days has gone to surround
sound and dropped the phono inputs; since i listen to records fairly
often, for a while my solution was to buy used older receivers; i still
have a Yamaha RX-1100 on my computer, and a Yamaha RX-v595a on my upstairs
TiVo; the latter was my living room receiver for a while and both have
driven Canton Karat 100s to my satisfaction, no idea exactly how many
watts, etc; both can switch analog video as well as audio, and we use that
feature since the upstairs TiVo is analog-only (with a lifetime
subscription, so we keep it alive via transplants because it also reduces
the monthly rate for our TiVo HD)
speaking of old-school i have a gorgeous minimalist Advent 300 receiver in
the garage that i feel should replace the RX-1100; it's strong enough to
drive the Cantons to desk listening levels, and i don't need video, and
among other things it has a very nice phono preamp
when we put a digital TV next to the turntable downstairs, change was
necessary; i bought a Marantz NR1501 as a somewhat minimal surround-sound
receiver that can handle everything i need; phono goes in through a
cheapish Rolls VP29 preamp, and the Marantz can switch just that input to
plain stereo and still do surround on the other channels; if you're like
me and you go this route you won't see the point of tossing your mains
just to get a matched set of surround speakers ... the nice thing about
this receiver (and a fair number of others, but mostly more expensive) is
that it can listen to itself and balance all the speakers for you; to me
it is very much "good enough", and it saves a tremendous amount of trial
and error and guesswork, since i have an asymmetrical situation and a very
mixed speakers (low-end B&W mains, a modest Polk center channel, Radio
Shack Minimus-7s for surround, some little Klipsch bookshelves for rear
surround, plus an Infinity PS-10 sub)
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