In Reply to: Not me posted by Alex F. on March 12, 2014 at 12:50:44:
What were some of the makes and models you had. More than a few were comprised of the companies' separate components with the only compromise being in the power supply and possibly flexibility.
A couple that immediately come to mind are the Marantz 18, 19, Sherwood SEL-300, Sony STR 6120 and STR6200. These sound the same as their separate components almost to a T. Usually the differences will be power and ultimate background noise levels.
I am not disputing your claim as I have usually found as a general rule separates of similar quality in design and construction will be better than an integrated amp and tuner against a receiver.
Tubes are a whole different thing and jamming so many tubes and high voltage ac on one chassis will raise havoc in relation to the same designs but on multiple chassis.
As for comparing the $89 receiver to vintage, my only comment is that I for the most part have an ear bleed when there are ICs in the circuit. Seems really difficult to voice them and make even decent ones sound good. I particularly have not ever found a digital tuner that I can listen to for any length of time. Not totally abnormal for me as I also have problems listening to digitized music.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
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