Would I benefit from a newer AV amp?

Nick1881 said:
How do they get away with putting 100 watts per channel etc when these amps clearly don't have that much. The old Technics amp is 30 watts or something, later I will prove how much better it is.
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Because people like to see big numbers on spec sheets and reviews. Bigger wins in the bragging rights competition.

It's nothing new though, is it. They did it with stack systems, ghetto blasters, and now micro systems and home cinema all-in-one kits. There was a great term coined to describe this phenomena - Magic Watts. :D Something draws 150-200 Watts from the wall socket, yet can miraculously generate 1000 Watts across 6 speakers. Yeah, right lol Only if you drive one speaker at a certain frequency for a fraction of a second.
 
I had a play last night and have bi-amped the fronts, its not bad actually but I still feel I want more. I'm going to return this amp and try the Yamaha 1065 which was a £750 amp at release.

I know what you mean lucid, the old stereo amp had a higher wattage power supply than the new Yamaha even though its 2 channel Vs 7 channel, electronics is probably a bit more efficient now but I doubt it's by that much.
 
I used to have my front channels powered by a Cyrus 3 stereo amp and the rest by a Denon 3802. Great sounding setup, but I've now ditched multichannel sound, I feel my room is far too small. In fact it's far too small for my current speakers, but funds don't allow for changes currently. Watching a movie with a very involving soundtrack (Scott Pilgrim for example) is very pleasing on my current setup... I don't miss surround sound!

Upgrading a sound system isn't difficult, you just need to demo stuff and think carefully about what you need based on usage. You're doing it exactly the right way.
 
Well I tried the Yamaha 1065, it was a big step back use-ability wise from the 667, very limiting on assigning HDMI ports to optical inputs, also I hated the LFE/Bass out options.

Little niggles, the input assigning was a total after thought by Yamaha that they added in after. These would annoy me I think, I'm very fussy.

I now have on the way the Sony STR-DA3600es.

Wish me luck :p
 
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