Quote Originally Posted by RGA
Do the denon's have tuners(radios) built in? Many audiophiles like to suggest integrated amps(basically a receiver without the radio) because we feel it is clearer and more of the money went to better parts than spreading the cost too thin and thus cheaping out on the actual amplification parts.

I like all the new Rotel stuff - it's actually quite a lot better than it used to be and it was always pretty good for the money. All their power amps even the cheapest ones are fine with 4 ohms and surprisingly some are good to 2ohms and don't cost a whole pile.

The Rotel RA-02 is my favorite integrated for cheap - it may have been replaced though as it was some time ago. I don't know if it is 4 ohm capable. http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/p...roduct_ID/1218


If you really want the tuner built in then Denon is probably a fine choice as would be Marantz Yamaha etc. If the tuner isn't needed don't pay for it and go with an integrated. The RA-02 was about $500 new and probably half that now. If you need 4 ohms and it doesn't do it then the RB-1050 power amp is an option..

All the denon's the OP mentioned are PMA's, which is denon's "name" for anything integrated
so all the amps are integrated amplifiers.

I'm pretty fond of the Rotel's too, especially in their price class. We have a RA-06 here, driving B&W DM604's (from the previous 600 series), sounds pretty good, for the price especially. They pack quite some power for their size too, although they do get pretty hot.

That said, Rotel would be a good choice with the Tannoy's, but so would the Denon's. look into the 900V or the 1080r, the latter one is "optical class A", probably not true class A, but a class A/B design with a pretty high bias, which is controlled by some chips to get the bias as close to a class A design as possible. Technics did that too a while back, "new class A" I think they called it, they do sound good.

Keep them spinning,
Bert.