RE: Then and now - dbphd - Vintage Asylum

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RE: Then and now

In Reply to: Then and now posted by M3 lover on August 7, 2010 at 23:18:33:

I had a Stereo 70 around for awhile, and I can assure you it wasn't the equal of either the Marantz 18 or the MC 60. Watt ratings obviously just aren't all the same. The watts from the 18 and MC 60 seemed much bigger. This was a time when horsepower was wildly exaggerated, and maybe watts were too. I remember comparing the specs of a Pioneer receiver to those of the Marantz 18. Whereas the 18 spec was RMS wideband, both channels driven simultaneously, with very low distortion, the Pioneer's watts were some sort of music watts defined much less stringently. IIRC the MC 60 required .5 v input for 60 watts, the Stereo 70 1.5 v. Obviously very different gains.

But I might try my ARa speakers with an amp I have that's rated at 250 watts into 4 ohms, although I really want to use them with the 18, the system from my post doc days.

db

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