Oh nice a ToHeart2 fan spotted. I'll give the VN a second chance sometime. I didn't hate it or anything but I think my VN mood was dead in the water at the time when I tried to read it.
I grew up with Pioneer stuff in the '70s and it always sounded great. They made the most awesome car audio equipment. But I bought one of their low end consumer grade home 5.1 receivers about 10 years ago, and it was so disappointing. It was really a piece of shit, and didn't even cut it as my bedroom receiver. I know they still do make quality, but you better be ready to burn your credit card to the ground.
Since my Carvers died, and I couldn't get them fixed or replaced any more, my new go to is Denon. I find their high midrange receivers are the best bang for the buck out there, although depending on the source, they can sound digitally sterile. Stuff like video playback is awesome, but for things like jazz or classical music they sound too pristine, if that makes any sense.
I've had a couple Yamaha systems I liked as well. But I think you have to take care when it comes to their specs. I am pretty sure they rate their amps as peak rather than RMS wattage. So that means that "100W/ch receiver" you just bought really only puts out about 70RMS. Which is ok as long as you are aware, and are driving decent efficiency speakers. I do think their amps handle musical a little better than Denon, they sound closer to true analog. Probably better D/A converters in them.
Lol. It just came as a pleasant surprise. I know of Steve Hoffman Music Forums... Don't know the other two though. But yeah, I'm sure you know the forum I'm talking about. As soon as I saw the figurine photos lol.
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Wow , these pics are good and the model also looks soo good .
Petition to stop censorship.
Since my Carvers died, and I couldn't get them fixed or replaced any more, my new go to is Denon. I find their high midrange receivers are the best bang for the buck out there, although depending on the source, they can sound digitally sterile. Stuff like video playback is awesome, but for things like jazz or classical music they sound too pristine, if that makes any sense.
I've had a couple Yamaha systems I liked as well. But I think you have to take care when it comes to their specs. I am pretty sure they rate their amps as peak rather than RMS wattage. So that means that "100W/ch receiver" you just bought really only puts out about 70RMS. Which is ok as long as you are aware, and are driving decent efficiency speakers. I do think their amps handle musical a little better than Denon, they sound closer to true analog. Probably better D/A converters in them.
See ya in the anime section of the forum.