but I am concerned about the Arcam and especially the Marantz running out of steam at higher volumes driving 5 channels. The NAD to its credit hardly loses any punch even driving 7 channels. Marantz has the most features, but the lightest amp section. Your thoughts?
Was this an actual personal experience within your system or is this fostered by confusing techno babble on published specs only? Let's not forget that mfgs do not gave an apple-to-apple specs presentation. Amps churning X watts per channel as listed MAY NOT DO SO
(I) at all levels across the frequency response. and
(ii) and not with all channels driven
I doubt that the ARCAM will max out based on my personal experience. IMO it has the best audio performance by a big margin -- Google the reviews BUT consider an audition personally with a kit proxy to your own if an in-home is a no-go
IMPORTANT: check The term of the warranty. By way of example, many only have 1 year, the ARCAM Avr600 IS 5 YEARS (DUNNO ABOUT THE 400)
Was this an actual personal experience within your system or is this fostered by confusing techno babble on published specs only? Let's not forget that mfgs do not gave an apple-to-apple specs presentation. Amps churning X watts per channel as listed MAY NOT DO SO
(I) at all levels across the frequency response. and
(ii) and not with all channels driven
I doubt that the ARCAM will max out based on my personal experience. IMO it has the best audio performance by a big margin -- Google the reviews BUT consider an audition personally with a kit proxy to your own if an in-home is a no-go
IMPORTANT: check The term of the warranty. By way of example, many only have 1 year, the ARCAM Avr600 IS 5 YEARS (DUNNO ABOUT THE 400)