Sigh.Good luck in finding info on Citation gear online. I found more on this site by searching it than just about anywhere else. Rare gear is cool, but information like you're looking for is largely non existent. Look at my Sig line and ask me how I know.
To elaborate on my earlier post, I found exactly one review each on the Citation 16 and 22. From what I've been able to ascertain the Citation gear didn't have a particularly large dealer network, or a large following and therefor there just isn't that much info that has surfaced in recent years.
To elaborate on my earlier post, I found exactly one review each on the Citation 16 and 22. From what I've been able to ascertain the Citation gear didn't have a particularly large dealer network, or a large following and therefor there just isn't that much info that has surfaced in recent years.
If you're going to pair that Citation receiver with those Allison 3s you're in for a treat. I had the big 16 paired with my Twos and it was a great match. The thing got it bumped out of the main rig was the aquisition of the Kenwood L-09M monoblocks and the rest of the L series gear. The Citation amps are very sweet sounding powerful pieces, and I'm sure that Citation receiver will sound very similar.
Before I dropped the Citation off, I ran the Threes off it, and man, they really popped. They sounded as good as when I had my HK990 connected.To elaborate on my earlier post, I found exactly one review each on the Citation 16 and 22. From what I've been able to ascertain the Citation gear didn't have a particularly large dealer network, or a large following and therefor there just isn't that much info that has surfaced in recent years.
If you're going to pair that Citation receiver with those Allison 3s you're in for a treat. I had the big 16 paired with my Twos and it was a great match. The thing got it bumped out of the main rig was the aquisition of the Kenwood L-09M monoblocks and the rest of the L series gear. The Citation amps are very sweet sounding powerful pieces, and I'm sure that Citation receiver will sound very similar.
Cool amp.
That is/was the silver version of the 16. The led section was always black background to highlight the leds.
The A402 was the integrated version of the 730 receiver.
I'll start with my history, I was in college 1974-1978, full time and worked for Audio Center in Buffalo, NY, also full time. We were the Harman Kardon, Marantz, JBL dealer for Buffalo! What a time to work in the Audio business. This is the time when the HK 16, 17 and 18 first hit he market. The 16 was our premier amp, it blew to doors off the Marantz 510M. It was also the beginning of receiver wars, so we had the Marantz 2325, 2270 and all the high power receivers. When the Citation receiver came out, they did not publish any power specs, they felt they didn't need to, they were Citation. This didn't help sell the unit, people were only interested in watts per channel not superior quality. Citation was equal to Macintosh in build quality at he time, but did not have the same reputation or marketing exclusivity, so it was an uphill battle to sell the HK. We would sell the HK line against the Marantz all day, better sound quality and value, but you couldn't fight the wpc factor. In our sound room we had all the units set up to demo, The HK 16,17, 18 , 19 and receiver against the Marantz 3800, 510M , 150 and 2325. Full line of JBL's L100, L65, L166, L200 and L300's . We had a lot of fun back then. I still have my silver 17,18, 19 , L166's and 4301's from then. So ask your questions, I'll go dig out my Citation info.
