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You say this and yet you have a sony? (or has the sony > * phase finally stopped in middle america) I am certainly not going to buy the H/K to name drop. I think its certainly in the relatively same class as marrantz or denon, but there are deffinitely better recievers out there, and thats before the seperates start.
I'm not sure i understand your initial question. I did say/imply that Sony is presumed to be inferior to H/K. Do you disagree? True or not, I would think Harmon Kardon garnishes more respect in their audio equipment than Sony. Granted, there are some really "high end" Sony receivers that do approach 1K dollars.
Has it finally stopped? When did it ever start? I can never recall Sony being respected as much as the likes of H/K, Denon, or Marantz in electronics.
As for the rating on your sony, I doubt it can truly drive all its channels at the rated wattage, but the only way to know would be to test it. Most wpc ratings are exagerated.
Perhaps, but I have 35 watts of breathing room before I even hit the supposed performance of a H/K 335 (H/K rated at 55 watts per channel, my Sony is 90 watts/channel). The sensitivy of the 170/340s is so high, that they just dont need a lot of power. Using Ascend's own numbers, the minimum recommended power is a meer 25 watts. This all being said, what i've heard about "cheap" receivers is that they generally DO put out close to if not the actual power they're rated at, they just do so very "hotly" and tend to be prone to just burning out. But until that happens, you're GTG.
And given curtis' status here, and experience, I doubt he had anything hooked up wrong, and would have known if he had a bad speaker.
True as that probably is, A Marantz 9300 remains a high quality receiver, and I remain skeptical that it is in any noticeable way inferior to a HK 525. Marantz is a highly respected name in audio equipment, and the 9300 is no cheap receiver. This being said, it forces me to explore alternative explanations.
Last edited by azanon; 06-06-2005 at 07:29 AM.
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Sierra-1 - Mains+Center
Surrounds - HTM200SEs (x4 in back, and x2 Atmos)
Sub - SVS PB-2000
Receiver - Onkyo TX-RZ1100
Oppo Darbee Edition Blue Ray
Sony 4K blu ray player