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Originally posted by rnrgagne
And how pray tell are you jumping to the conclusion that the Panasonic doesn't have the guts? What exactly do you mean by guts? This by far and a way the best product on the market in terms of sonic bang for the buck. This unit uses the same amplification technology as found in $10,000 equipment. The only thing other recievers under $2000 will have over this is more features. I have an HK AVR8000, it's an excellent piece but, I just use it as a pre-amp and I power my mains and center with Anthem amps. The amps in the 25 I had in my home were at least equal in sound quality to the HK and very close to the quality of the Anthem. The "45" I heard today was better than both. As far as guts are concerned the 45 is overated at 100w/ch and is probably closer to 75w/ch but I'd take that over any 100w/ch receiver out there right now for pure sound quality. And sound quality is what this Louis was asking about. |
For the record, I'm not jumping to a conclusion on the panasonic. I heard it, and I didn't think it sounded as good as other setups I have heard from the other brands. Go back and read what I posted. I said, "IMHO (short for "in my humble opinion," if you didn't know) Panasonic doesn't have the guts that the others do." First off, it doesn't have the same amplification technology found in $10,000 equipment. No where near as big of capacitors, power supply, etc. Second off, going back to "my opinion," it doesn't have as much guts, i.e. doesn't push the lows quite as well, especially on demanding speakers and in movies with lots of explosions and rumbling. It's not a bad piece of equipment by any means, just not as good, IMHO, as the others. I also do not think it is the best bang for the buck out there. It's competitive, better than many others, but not the best. May I suggest having a little thicker skin and respect other people posting their opinions? It's not like I said anything like "it's crap" or anything like that, I just said that IN MY OPINION it didn't have the guts of those other premium brands.