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Breaking records is good?
Being the proud owner of so many great receivers, this was a hard hard choice. This is the best I could come up with. Not the first time I have visited this thread either, just was a tough decision...
1. Fisher RS-1060. Of all the receivers I have owned, this is the most complete package. For its power class (125wpc), it is amazingly built, well designed, fantastic sound, great tuner, nothing I have tried comes close to it in all respects, the honor would go to its big brother, the RS-1080, but I think the 1060 offers the same of what is important, and is overall the better value. The others in the 125wpc class all seem decent (I include my Marantz 2330 here), but nothing seems as complete and well designed. The RS-1060 represents one of the best receivers I have owned to date of any make of any power level. For the sake of this comparion the RS-1080 is similar enough that I will leave it out of the running. It only adds a rather useless Dolby FM, a multipath meter, 15lbs, and 45wpc, otherwise its pretty much the same stuff, just larger.
2. MCS 3125. The best sounding receiver I have ever heard. Only a small step away from the RS-1060. Very well built, very good tuner. Sound quality though is what sets this model apart from the rest of the pack.
3. Marantz 4400. Versitility, all these years later this receiver still has remarkable versitility. Hook it up to a DVD player with a Dolby Digital decoder? Have yourself one nice HT system. With real power, not fake watts. Adds a scope. Sure the 2500 and others have a scope too, but they are not quad. With the quad you get that added ability to drive those extra speakers allowing it to do a good job at HT. Listen to old quad recordings if you so choose. Its built like a tank. Looks darn awesome. Sounds like a Marantz. Trust me, hook it up to a DVD player with its Dolby Digital recorder, in for a heck of a home theater experience. Will give the more modern crowd a good run for their money. Wonder how it would measure by today's power standards...
Honorable mention, Project One Mark 1500. Very nicely built, very powerful, has mostly everything you could ask for in a receiver, sound is fantastic, however I think its tuner falls a tad shorter than it should for its given power level (though its still a lot better than many I have used). Still would not hesitate to keep buying them if they turn up however, well worth every penny I have spent on them this far.
1. Fisher RS-1060. Of all the receivers I have owned, this is the most complete package. For its power class (125wpc), it is amazingly built, well designed, fantastic sound, great tuner, nothing I have tried comes close to it in all respects, the honor would go to its big brother, the RS-1080, but I think the 1060 offers the same of what is important, and is overall the better value. The others in the 125wpc class all seem decent (I include my Marantz 2330 here), but nothing seems as complete and well designed. The RS-1060 represents one of the best receivers I have owned to date of any make of any power level. For the sake of this comparion the RS-1080 is similar enough that I will leave it out of the running. It only adds a rather useless Dolby FM, a multipath meter, 15lbs, and 45wpc, otherwise its pretty much the same stuff, just larger.
2. MCS 3125. The best sounding receiver I have ever heard. Only a small step away from the RS-1060. Very well built, very good tuner. Sound quality though is what sets this model apart from the rest of the pack.
3. Marantz 4400. Versitility, all these years later this receiver still has remarkable versitility. Hook it up to a DVD player with a Dolby Digital decoder? Have yourself one nice HT system. With real power, not fake watts. Adds a scope. Sure the 2500 and others have a scope too, but they are not quad. With the quad you get that added ability to drive those extra speakers allowing it to do a good job at HT. Listen to old quad recordings if you so choose. Its built like a tank. Looks darn awesome. Sounds like a Marantz. Trust me, hook it up to a DVD player with its Dolby Digital recorder, in for a heck of a home theater experience. Will give the more modern crowd a good run for their money. Wonder how it would measure by today's power standards...
Honorable mention, Project One Mark 1500. Very nicely built, very powerful, has mostly everything you could ask for in a receiver, sound is fantastic, however I think its tuner falls a tad shorter than it should for its given power level (though its still a lot better than many I have used). Still would not hesitate to keep buying them if they turn up however, well worth every penny I have spent on them this far.
