Recent content by Michael WB

Darren I was in the same situation as you earlier this year and bought the 4200 because I like the way it sounds with music. Like you I don´t have room for more than 5.1 and since it is my plan to move in to separates along the way I saw no need for a more power-full reciever. I think the...

I have a 2-channel amp powering my main speakers and my receiver is just as hot when listening in stereo where I don't use the recievers amps as it is when playing surround where it powers the center and rears. I found that a little strange, I was expecting it to be cooler in stereo, but from...

I can't really comment on the prices since I live in Denmark and don't know the prices in the US. But here Marantz is cheaper than HK and Denon. Earlier this year I bought a SR4200. I choose that because of the way it sounded with music, and since I don't have room for a 6.1 or 7.1 system and...

I went the budget reciever route. I bought a Marantz SR4200 reciever. I choose this because I like the way it sounds with music, and since I don't have room for more than 5 speakers there was no reason to buy a bigger model. I then started looking at 5 channel amps, but I'm on a limited...

I agree with Craig Buy good speakers now and get a decent budget reciever or you might consider buying a second hand reciever to save some money. If you're just starting out all the bells and whistless are not that import so you can get better perfomance for your money from a used reciever...

I have an old Denon POA-2400 powering my front speakers and have connected them the same way and it works fine.

Yee-Ming is right. A receiver includes a tuner the amp doesn't but it still includes the processor. An amp without the processor would be a power-amp or for surround a multichannel poweramp.

Let's get one thing straight - B&O was never a part of Philips. B&O is listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchance. Over the years B&O and Philips worked clossely together and Philips did own stock in B&O. B&O have used and probably still uses a lot Philips components but so does a lot of other...