Best Receiver?


I’m setting up a second system with a set of stand mount speakers and a nice Garrard 301 and want a tuner built in, rather than an integrated amp. Of all the receivers, vintage and more recent, what’s the best sounding? I always thought those massive Marantz etc looked great but didn’t sound particularly good. Anyone have experience with something that sounded great?

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Showing 1 response by captinmrgn

I have two suggestions based on my experience - The first is my MAC6700.  250 watts per channel and a really nice DAC, analogue inputs and beautiful sounding 250 watt McIntosh amps inside.  I use it in a hybrid home theater setup where I use Passthrough mode to power the main L and R of my home theater system and I couldn't be happier.  I do RARELY use the tuner, as my streamer has "Tunein" radio which is a streaming app that pulls the digital signals from my local stations and also a ton of radio markets across the country.

 

And this will be controversial here - but I just got an Onkyo RZ-50 for my living room and - WOW.  Brilliant for home theater and really, really nice 2 channel as well.  DIRAC needs to come standard on more two channel or 2.1 systems in my opinion.  Huge benefits.  

 

Happy shopping!