The Denon/B&W mix might be one of the better combos available at Best Buy. If he gets enough taste of what hi-fi can do, he might be back to ask some questions or maybe like my friend that has had the same stuff for 40 years? Hard to tell.
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??
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I'm an audiophile as I'm sure most of you here are and have some really nice two channel systems but when I first started out and not knowing anything I bought a Denon AVR and B&W speakers. The point is that I watched "you've go mail" with this set up and some of the songs played on the DVD made my hair stand up on the back of my neck. They sounded really great. I no longer would consider an AVR of any kind but your friend could have stumbled into a little luck by accident that definitely wasn't the salesman's fault. We should also consider that he might have auditioned them first (not in Walmart I'm sure but I'm not familiar with Magnolia) |
A salesman's job is to get you to not walk out of the store without buying something. What they have, right there and then, is what you need. I'd be curious if that Denon AVR was a model that was made for Best Buy retailers only. That does happen all too often. I have no way of knowing if that was the case here, but it would not surprise me. A few year back, I was in the market for a new TV. During my research I found that certain Vizio model numbers were only made for Best Buy retailers, and to avoid those models if you were looking at used Vizio TVs. Let the buyer beware. |
@nonoise, what a great movie! I remember watching that on vhs way back when. Now,back to your regularly scheduled program. |
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