I have two Yamaha receivers, only thing wrong with them, they are wood and
brushed aluminum, so my wife doesn't want them anywhere that people can see
them, (black's the rage), ones in the closet, there other I resurrected for
feeding to my patio speakers, got to watch it, turn them up to loud, pisses
off the neighbors. Passed up a 1250 Yamaha receiver (like I needed a third
receiver) a couple of years ago, must have weighed 50-60 pounds, it was
wrapped with heat sinks, can't beat a good power amp. Ask anyone using an
old Marshall or Fender.

Tesla
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  In a message dated 11/29/2005 9:24:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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    I have one of those old "completely manual" AR (Acoustics Research)
turntables (doesn't set the needle on the record or pick it up when it get
to the middle) that were popular among audiophiles back in the early 70s
  So, we broke our necks finding the best sound systems then, remember?  We
made people who collect  Morgans look like amateurs.   But now young people
just slap on an ipod, or listen to music over their (gulp!) computer
speakers!!!   What happened?   Has musical quality been dumbed down, or were
we wasting our time?   Christopher