Saw this on w00t today. It looks like Motorola will start making receivers. The features looked decent, but the quality seemed lacking.
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Saw this on w00t today. It looks like Motorola will start making receivers. The features looked decent, but the quality seemed lacking.
~$130 for a 100w x 5 channel receiver that can also be used as a digital cable receiver??? The phrase "you get what you pay for" keeps screaming in my head.
What if the Hokey Pokey is what it's all about?
The 100 x 5 is the advertised spec, not the actual spec.
Amplifier Output Details 100 Watt – at 1 kHz – THD 0.1% – 2 channel(s) ( main )
They don't give any specs that are useful for comparison purposes. It was priced appropriately for what it is.
David
Some companies are notorious for "padding" their specs.
My 6.1 ch. Outlaw 1050 receiver is rated as 65w/ch, 3 channels driven into full bandwidth, and 75w/ch for stereo.
Compared to a 110w/chx3, 75w/chx2 Marantz digital-ready Pro-logic receiver it replaced, I noticed significantly more punch with the Outlaw as well as being more neutral for music. Although the Outlaw is smaller dimensionally, it outweighed the Marantz by about 5 pounds.
I'd stick with real world ratings if you can decipher them, rather than total, one channel output at 1Khz!
Ed
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I think I saw this Motorola box and year or two ago in a magazine.
-curtis