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

You may be able to say I told you so- but don’t do it.

Friends are more important than stereos.

Bad blood over stereo gear is silly. Life is short,,,,

Why in the world would anyone ask a best buy guy what to buy? There is so much info out there on everything, so it is not that hard to do your own research....I don’t get it.

What I basically objected to was the way the salesman described the differences between a AVR and an Integrated amp. Putting down an Integrated amp as just a stripped down AVR was wrong. Let’s face it he’s going to point out all the features you get w/the AVR and for most consumers they’ll go for the feature packed item. Plain Integrated's are just not as sexy.

BB is for the purchase of cheap 75" throw-away TVs..............

Regards,

barts