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Was my friend given misinformation.

My friend is just getting into audio for a music system. In his price rang I thought the Rogue Sphinx V3 would be a nice choice. He could also look at the Revel Concerta 2 line of speakers. Well he decided to stop by Magnolia at Best Buy.  Not a bad setup he got a Denon 3700 AVR and a pair of B&W 603's. He said the salesman told him to stay away from integrated amps as they are not anything but stripped down AVR's without the features. So I guess all us owners of 2 channel preamps and integrated have been duped. Who knew??

luxmancl38

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jdub39
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Wow guys and gals! Have any of you even heard this combo he got? I installed that same avr for my brother in law with a pair of Martin logan Motion 60x and it sounded very good. I'll go out on a limb here and bet he's not slumbing it with his music.

jdub39
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@dynguy

Way to tell it like it is! It’s post like some of those above that make see what others think about Audiophiles and count myself as one of them. Having just recently fully separating my 2/ch from my HT setup with a dedicated 2/ch preamp, the Marantz 8805 I used for my 2/ch gave me nothing but what I wanted from my setup and that was great musical playback and could have easily kept using it as such. Here’s what many miss about an avr , it can literally do it all and that onboard room correction suit on the 3700 brings in an entirely different means for good playback and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. I spoken to a few salesmen at my local Magnolia and yes there are guys just like us who love music and know there stuff. Even when I had plentiful boutique shops to frequent there always those who knew there stuff and those there for a paycheck.

I’m still shaking my head at this but would really love to hear what the guy who laid down his cash thinks of his new gear.

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