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In Reply to: NAD C370 vs Flagship AV for stereo posted by Tourist on October 01, 2002 at 18:23:44:
Sorry. I meant to ask: would a flagship AV amp like the Yamaha AZ1 be as good in 2 ch stereo music production as a NAD C370? Anybody heard them? Thanks
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A good integrated, like NAD or Cambridge A500 or Creek 4330, is going to give you WAY more performance in the same price range and comparable to A/V receivers costing 3-4 times more. With an A/V receiver, you're paying for a lot of bells 'n' whistles you don't need for simple two-channel music.Some people solve this dilemma by having a good but not overpriced A/V receiver (Yamaha, Outlaw) that has pre-amp outputs AND a good integrated. The 5- or 6-channel unit runs their HT rig, then the A/V receiver acts simply as a preamp and leaves the integrated to do the grunt work in 2-channel applications.
Hope this helps and as always YMMV . . .
Yap. That's the theory but have anybody ACTUALLY tried comparing it using their own ears?btw, I did got myself a decent AV Yamaha AND a NAD C370 for that every purpose :)
It's not a direct apples-to-apples comparison, and I AM relying a bit on memory, but I have a Yamaha HTR-5150 in my home theater and a NAD C350 in my two-channel system, and with roughly equivalent sources and speakers, the C350 sounds more "there," less bright and etched, with equivalent imaging and a wider, taller and deeper soundstage.YMMV.
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