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 llg98ljk

Despite naysayers on here, I’ve enjoyed several Yamaha receivers over the years, starting with a CR-2020 in 1978. I finally traded it off because it was beginning to show its age and the only repair shop near me shut its doors.

I currently just retired a middle of the line R-N500 network receiver because I’m trying separates. It got good reviews and puts out 90wps. Yamaha has for some reason gutted its mid line receivers. They show a nice streaming unit with DAC, Bluetooth and wi-fi at 100wpc for $330 usd. If you want to blow your budget, the step up from that is almost $4k.

So,if you are good with the Yamaha sound, a late model discontinued version with many bells and whistles can be had for little money.