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In Reply to: Marantz receivers posted by toppingh on March 1, 2007 at 15:16:25:
To some extent it will depend on the speakers you have. The earlier models (2230, for example) have capacitively coupled outputs, which will generally work better with 60's and very early 70's model speakers. particularly those that were designed in the tube era. The later model receivers are direct coupled, and those will tend to work better with later models of speakers. Speakers designed in the SS era.I look at the capacitively coupled amps as sort of a transition model between tubes and direct coupled SS.
For example, the 2230 works very nicely with the AR 4x. The 4x is at it's best with tube amps, but with direct coupled SS amps those speakers sound thin in the bass and dull and lifeless in the mids and highs.
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in this?I picked one up locally and haven't been thrilled with the sound thru my KLH 17's - it doesn't sound crisp enough, even with treble all the way up. Frankly, my Scott 222B blows it away in everything except total bass and sheer volume.
Almost certainly. But before you get some new speakers, add a 0.5 ohm resistor in series with the KLH 17's. Get a non-inductive 5 or 10 watt resistor. Several guys have tried that with good success and it made a big difference with mine.
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