Re: PIONEER RECEIVERS: Which One Do I Keep?

"Randy Yates" <yates@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> [...]
>> **I make a living servicing new and old equipment. The old stuff is 
>> nothing
>> special. A lot of the new stuff is nothing special.
>
> Hi Trevor,
>
> I get excited when someone like you comes available to educate me. I
> hope you won't mind sharing your knowledge and experience.
>
> Whether old or new, please tell me which amps would be your picks in the
> ~50 to ~200 watt range, whether old or new. The amplifier itself, and to
> a lesser extent, the premp, are what's im****tant to me (rather than
> tuner performance, video switching, etc.).
>
> Also, what class A amp (new or old) would you recommend?

**First off: I would not recommend any Class A amps. For several reasons:

* According to Doug Self, Class A is not the right approach for high 
fidelity.
* Very few amplifiers which are pur****ted to be Class A, are, in fact,
Class 
A. More usually, they're highly biased Class A/B designs. Nothing wrong
with 
that, but manufacturers who mislead should be shunned. Musical Fidelity is
a 
regular offender in this area.
* A modestly biased Class A/B amplifier seems to work best, both in terms
of 
longevity, reliability, efficiency and sound quality.

As for amplifiers I'd suggest, that would depend on your location, your 
budget and intended load.

Sorry I did not respond earlier. My PC crashed and I lost whatever posts I

had ready to send.

Trevor Wilson