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First impressions: Cambridge Audio CXR200 AVR
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<blockquote data-quote="pwatts" data-source="post: 964396" data-attributes="member: 146"><p>I think it's a rather apt comparison. Keeping HT tomfoolery out of the equation, implying that all amps that measure the same will sound the same is a sweeping statement by and large. That means that all zero feedback class-A amps (that usually measure pretty meh) are just as good as some bigass Rotel.</p><p></p><p>In the HT domain though, even just AVP's sans amps, I think they're all equally shite, with some just more than others. Denon, Yamaha, Cambridge, Marantz, Arcam, Emotiva etc. all fall flat in the modern era where the amount of channels have tripled and features even more so; yet size and cost remain similar. Digital does get cheaper and more compact with time but analog does not. And this is why as just a stereo preamp or DAC, the processors of the glory years of the early 2000's comfortably outclass their modern successors. Even the old AVR's in the time when their height equalled their width were serious stereo performers. Nowadays, one has to go for the boutique brands to get a processor that's any good in stereo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pwatts, post: 964396, member: 146"] I think it's a rather apt comparison. Keeping HT tomfoolery out of the equation, implying that all amps that measure the same will sound the same is a sweeping statement by and large. That means that all zero feedback class-A amps (that usually measure pretty meh) are just as good as some bigass Rotel. In the HT domain though, even just AVP's sans amps, I think they're all equally shite, with some just more than others. Denon, Yamaha, Cambridge, Marantz, Arcam, Emotiva etc. all fall flat in the modern era where the amount of channels have tripled and features even more so; yet size and cost remain similar. Digital does get cheaper and more compact with time but analog does not. And this is why as just a stereo preamp or DAC, the processors of the glory years of the early 2000's comfortably outclass their modern successors. Even the old AVR's in the time when their height equalled their width were serious stereo performers. Nowadays, one has to go for the boutique brands to get a processor that's any good in stereo. [/QUOTE]
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