Appropriate Replacement for my Receiver?
Apr. 30th, 2023 04:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI think I might be done with my argument for the replacement for my receiver! Looking at integrated amplifiers today instead of receivers led me to items with much smaller feature sets that are closer to my 2270. This makes sense because receivers were always meant as an "all-in-one" solution to replace separate components, and there are a lot more jobs for them to do now.
The PM8006 integrated amp's limited feature set is *much* closer to my 2270. Unlke their proposed NR1200, it does *not* do video, does *not* do optical or coaxial digital connections, does *not* do wireless (or any network connectivity at all for that matter), does *not* do zoned simultaneous playback from separate sources, does *not* do streaming, does *not* do voice commands, does *not* have USB connectivity, and is 70 watts per channel like my 2270 (their proposed one was bigger at 75 wpc). Unlike their proposed replacement, it has 3-way tone control and a dedicated external connection to the power amp stage like my 2270 did. It's also Marantz' lowest tier integrated amp with those features.
The fact that it costs $1000 more is mostly, but not completely, incidental.
A quote from a Youtube review I just watched:
"By today's standards, this amplifier is hopelessly outdated. It can do nothing but amplify. But it does it perfectly. That's why audiophiles love it so much."
YES! THEY GET IT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6xr354-RZo
The PM8006 integrated amp's limited feature set is *much* closer to my 2270. Unlke their proposed NR1200, it does *not* do video, does *not* do optical or coaxial digital connections, does *not* do wireless (or any network connectivity at all for that matter), does *not* do zoned simultaneous playback from separate sources, does *not* do streaming, does *not* do voice commands, does *not* have USB connectivity, and is 70 watts per channel like my 2270 (their proposed one was bigger at 75 wpc). Unlike their proposed replacement, it has 3-way tone control and a dedicated external connection to the power amp stage like my 2270 did. It's also Marantz' lowest tier integrated amp with those features.
The fact that it costs $1000 more is mostly, but not completely, incidental.
A quote from a Youtube review I just watched:
"By today's standards, this amplifier is hopelessly outdated. It can do nothing but amplify. But it does it perfectly. That's why audiophiles love it so much."
YES! THEY GET IT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6xr354-RZo
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Date: 2023-05-01 12:05 pm (UTC)Totally unnecessary!
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Date: 2023-05-01 04:13 pm (UTC)And the things they put on turntables these days! You have to go higher end just to *not* get all the extra crap. Even the decent one I'm asking insurance for has a built in preamp stage I don't want. That's the point of having a good amp with a nice phono preamp!