Okay, I'm not one of those crusty ole farts that says "everything in my day was better than the junk they sell today" but this is pretty obvious at least to my ears. I listen to a lot of music at my computer system at home. In the mornings and at night I run my Sennheiser 580's from the front of my amps. I'm running two amps to power 6 speakers at this time, The fronts and a couple of rears are being run by an Onkyo 575 in All Channel Mode, a seperate set of rears are being run by a 30 year old Akai 1030 Stereo Receiver when games need that 4 channel feel. When I plug headphones into both they natrually run in "stereo" mode. I've listened to a lot of music on both receivers and hands down the Akai kicks the Onkyo's ass.

I know the 575 is base model but dayum is it supposed to be that obvious? I don't even think the Akai's a world class receiver but it's killing the Onkyo easily!! Greater clarity, headroom, detail and a lot less hiss and no dolby blanket. Am I nuts are was stuff really that much better back then???!!!!

Just askin....

Da Worfster