nick4433
06-30-2004, 01:19 PM
A posse has been formed and will chase you down in 24 hours as you are now on the "WANTED" list. Your crime? You keep bringing up why receivers cannot serve the purpose of prepros!
You keep insisting how money is wasted on the "amp" section when being used solely as prepro. Let me give you a shining example of a receiver used as a prepro, the Yamaha RX-V1400. This receiver has all the latest decoding and supports auto room calibration feature called "YPAO" and offers excellent audio and video switching capabilities. I have absolutely come to a conclusion that for it's price of $699, it is unbeatable when used as a prepro alone. It came away better than the few Rotels and Outlaws I have tested this receiver against. To find a comparable prepro you will have to shell out at least 1-3K more to find everything that the 1400 as a prepro.
Now, is the sound on the dedicated prepro that much more better than say the 1400? Not IMHO but I also know that sound is a very relative subject and to someone's ear, there might be a vast difference but to my ears, the difference was not worth the cost of a dedicated prepro.
So back to the 1400. If someone pays $699 and uses half the receiver only as a prepro then they are wasting $350 on the amp section. Now unless they make prepros of the calibre of the 1400 and sell them for $350 I can assure you that many of us here can afford to take that hit because on the flip side of things, we would still be saving money on the prepro we did not buy to begin with.
I recently did a comparison of the 1400 and the Denon 3805 with a well respected prepro and the 1400 and the 3805 did exceptionally well as prepros. I thought the dedicated prepro did better on music but the 1400/3805 were not shabby at all. To get good music performance, one can always go the 2 channel preamp route and still save money and get the best of both worlds.
Smoke, you have twenty four (24) hours to leave town or agree with me (sheriff) or face the posse. (LOLOLOLOL)
You keep insisting how money is wasted on the "amp" section when being used solely as prepro. Let me give you a shining example of a receiver used as a prepro, the Yamaha RX-V1400. This receiver has all the latest decoding and supports auto room calibration feature called "YPAO" and offers excellent audio and video switching capabilities. I have absolutely come to a conclusion that for it's price of $699, it is unbeatable when used as a prepro alone. It came away better than the few Rotels and Outlaws I have tested this receiver against. To find a comparable prepro you will have to shell out at least 1-3K more to find everything that the 1400 as a prepro.
Now, is the sound on the dedicated prepro that much more better than say the 1400? Not IMHO but I also know that sound is a very relative subject and to someone's ear, there might be a vast difference but to my ears, the difference was not worth the cost of a dedicated prepro.
So back to the 1400. If someone pays $699 and uses half the receiver only as a prepro then they are wasting $350 on the amp section. Now unless they make prepros of the calibre of the 1400 and sell them for $350 I can assure you that many of us here can afford to take that hit because on the flip side of things, we would still be saving money on the prepro we did not buy to begin with.
I recently did a comparison of the 1400 and the Denon 3805 with a well respected prepro and the 1400 and the 3805 did exceptionally well as prepros. I thought the dedicated prepro did better on music but the 1400/3805 were not shabby at all. To get good music performance, one can always go the 2 channel preamp route and still save money and get the best of both worlds.
Smoke, you have twenty four (24) hours to leave town or agree with me (sheriff) or face the posse. (LOLOLOLOL)