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Anyone experience/have info re. Arcam FMJ AVR 600?

I have been looking for an an receiver to replace my nakamichi. I have never listened to arcam's equipment before, but I am very intrigued by the avr600. Has anyone seen or have any experience with it? Who sells it and is it available. I hace von schweikert center and front r/l speakers and mb quart rear surround speakers. Thanks for any info on this.
Best regards,
Joe in Mobile
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john_z
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I too am looking forward to hearing a demo when it becomes available at my local dealer. I wonder how much of the perceived sound quality will be due to it's new Dolby Volume feature and I wonder if it is defeatable so you could compare the sound to plain "direct" mode...
john_z
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Don't take this the wrong way as I'm just mildy poking fun here.. I'm a big fan of Arcam gear and have a few of their fine pieces in my system and I'm sure the AVR600 is going to be an awesome unit. But as I read the Moncrieff review mentioned above and got to the part describing the amplifier design ("adaptive Class A" and Class G) I got serious deja' vu. Not to take anything away from the Arcam effort, but wasn't he basically describing NAD's Power Envelope ampifier design from twenty years ago?

I wonder if someone over at NAD goofed and let their patents expire?! LOL ;)
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