Amended list of 150+ wpc receivers!

Can we talk new amps here?

This is my new beauty. WOOHOO! :banana:

It's a Magnat RV3.

It's a tube pre amp and solid state main amp, the best of both worlds :)

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/magnat3/1.html

http://www.hdfever.fr/2013/11/11/test-magnat-rv3/


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The heart and control center of the RV 3 lies in the audiophile tube preamplifier, which amplifies the incoming signals directly after the input stage. Fans of vinyl will be delighted by the elaborate phono section with its separate inputs for moving magnet (MM) and moving coil (MC) pickups.

Features

  • 4 high-level inputs
  • Preamplifier output
  • Record Out fixed level output
  • Bi-wiring output terminal with large, insulated speaker terminals
  • Discrete high-performance amplifier with high quality power transistors from Toshiba
  • Output rating of 200 watts of sine power per channel (4 ohms)
  • Low-noise tube amplifier with 2 x 12AU7 / ECC 82 tubes
  • Preselected and burned-in (60 hours) tubes produced in Russia
  • Phono preamplifier with separate MM / MC inputs, low-noise operational amplifiers and subsonic filters
  • Input signal switching via high quality reed relays
  • Low-loss WIMA audio capacitors in the signal path
Specifications:

  • Output power / Nominal: 20 Hz – 20 kHz, THD < 1.0%,4 Ohm, 2 x 200 W, 8 Ohm, 2 x 150 W
  • Peak: 1 kHz, 4O: 2 x 350 W
  • Power consumption: Max 650 W
  • Mains voltage: 230 VAC / 50 Hz
  • CD/Tuner/Aux/Line/Tape: 110 dB
  • Phono MM: 90 dB
  • Phono MC: 78 dB
  • Dimensions (WxHxD) 434 x 155 x 360 mm (410 mm incl. control elements)
  • Weight 19.5 kg
Frequency response

  • CD/Tuner/Aux/Line/Tape: 20 Hz – 20 kHz (+/-0,2 dB)
  • Phono: 20 Hz – 20 kHz (+/-0,2 dB)
  • Phono Subsonic Filter: 16 Hz, 18 dB/Oct.
  • CD/Tuner/Aux/Line/Tape: 5 Hz – 110 kHz (-3.0 dB) 20 Hz – 20 kHz (+/-0.1 dB)
Input Sensitvity

  • CD/Tuner/Aux/Line/Tape: 600mV/100kO
  • Phono MC: 0,3mV/470O
  • Phono MM: 3mV/47kO
 
And I 15th the Luxman R-117. Old thread, but Luxman is now vintage!
The amps I have are very neutral and the Luxman receiver is warm. It wins out in my setup.
We all hear different! I like the warm sound.
 
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My Pass Labs INT-30A puts out a whopping 30wpc of Class A into 8 ohms and has plenty of power for my Focal Sopra Speakers. Be careful with big WPC rated receivers and amplifiers. Big numbers doesn’t always mean big sound.
 
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I see the Fisher RSZ1 isnt on the list. It was part of their Professional Digital Reference Series. It was rated at 150 wpc into 8ohms 20-20khz @ .007THD. In a 4 ohm load it was rated at 227wpc at same distortion level. This reciever had a 2.25db dynamic headroom to boot. Audio magazine rated it as one of the best receivers I believe in 1989 or 1990. I have one that I will try to have restored.

Dave
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Stereo Review Magazine 1990 full review :
http://www.gammaelectronics.xyz/audio_08-1990_fisher.html

My 1989 Fisher RS-Z1
 
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I have the Toshiba SA-7150 that powers a pair of Monitor audion speakers. Solid and rocking, with a tonne of bass.
 
Not exhaustive, but were there any others??

The OVER 200 wpc gang:
Technics SA-1000 330x2 $1,700
Marantz 2600 300x2 1,600
Sansui G-33000 300x2 (nyah, cheater, cheater ) 1,900
Pioneer SX-1980 270x2 1,295
Marantz 2500 250x2 1,595
Sansui G-22000 220x2 (oops, two pieces here, too) 1,400
any others??

200-watters
Sansui G-9700 200x2 $1,100
Kenwood KR-9050 200x2 1,150
Hitachi SR-2004 200x2 1,095
Sanyo PLUS 200 ........ 200 watts per ch. $??

The fantastic "160-watt class"
Marantz 2385 185x2 $1,100
Pioneer SX-1280 185x2 950
Technics SA-5770 ........ 185 watts per ch. 800
S.A.E. TWO R18 ........ 180 watts per ch. $??
Rotel RX-1603 180x2 (?) totl 1,100
Nikko NR-1415 175x2 totl 850
Fisher RS-1080 170 watts per channel 999
Yamaha CR-3020 170x2 totl 1,500
Concept 16.5 165x2 totl 895
Technics SA-5760 ........ 165 watts per ch 800
Kenwood KR-9600 160x2 totl 775
Onkyo TX-8500 MkII 160x2 totl 999
Pioneer SX-1250/5590 160x2 totl 950
Sansui G-8700 [160 wpc] 1978-80 ? 920?
Sansui G-9000/901 160x2 totl 1,100
Sansui 9900Z 160x2 (1981-82) 1,130
Fisher RS-2015 150 wpc (1980-82) 800
Project-One Mark 1500DC 150 wpc (80-84) 900
Sony STR-V7 150x2 totl 900
Yamaha R-2000 150x2 (1981-83) totl 900
Carver The Receiver 150x2 (intro'd @ 130 wpc) 799
Toshiba SA-7150 ........ 150 watts per ch. 1,100



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Thanks for the list, not sure if you kept it updated, I just picked up a NAD 7600 at a local Goodwill, it is 150x2 and 400watts into 8ohm in mono mode.
 
The Kenwood 1090VR Home theater receiver is FTC rated at 150wpc at .03%THD in stereo mode if I recall.

As far as whoever mentioned Pyle, I dunno if any of their receivers actually hit 200wpc but some of the power amps actually do. I have a Pyramid one that does 225wpc rms but let’s just say the build quality leaves something to be desired. I mean if you want cheap power it would work but it doesn’t sound all that great.
 
Lets not forget the speakers rated at 90+db rated at watts per meter i.e. studio grade.. I've always believed that amp watts are over rated ,therein, are specifications and lies just for sales. :D
 
Denon AVR-5800 Not sure if you including AVRs, but this is what I'm running.
170 watts x 7 into 8 ohms (20-20,000 Hz) at 0.05% THD
From review in Sound and Vision
"Currently, our test facility isn't equipped to measure seven channels driven simultaneously. But with six channels driven, the AVR-5800's power output at clipping (1% THD+noise) measured 143Wpc at 1kHz and 145Wpc at 20Hz, left channel measured to the nearest watt. Into 4ohms, the corresponding results were 220Wpc at 1kHz and 176Wpc at 20Hz, though the main power-supply fuse had to be increased in value by 20% to remain intact during this measurement. (Increasing the fuse value is not recommended for normal use.) With two channels driven at 1kHz, clipping occurred at 206Wpc into 8ohms and 308Wpc into 4ohms, left channel measured.—TJN"
Original list price $3800 was TOTL, mine purchased off CL for $120.
 
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