Most Beautiful Receiver / Integrated - Ever was... ?

Yes, indeed. Except for the headphone amp, everything that comes out of Pass is gorgeous to look at.

The MBL C51 is super nice, so nice that the knob looks almost out of place.

Yeah, I wish Kyocera was still making gear.

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@bobheinatz

Totally with you there. :)

I am giving up being fuzzy and mixing and matching for the sake of minimum cables/clutter and maximum system simplicity.

Hard to do with a mixed music/movie system, but I'm trying.

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2channel8:

My mistake. I misread and got confused by the test reports calling the performance "closer to the Hypex UcD modules"

Interesting that Hi Fi News seems to be paying close attention to the performance of different digital amp modules. I should subscribe.

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Thanks for that link 2Channel!

Interesting it uses Hypex modules. :)

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Hi 2Channel8,

I will leave that to a turntable person, which I am not. :) I don't think you have to be well known to start a fun thread, just do it in the spirit of engaging rather than criticizing and I think you'll succeed.

Find a key aspect about them you love like say, 1980's turntables, or P-mounted or something and others will join in.

Good luck!

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George,

WHICH Tandberg series though, there were 3 that I know of. The svelte black and chrome line is what I fell in love with.

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I do like the way Primare and other modern systems look.

Any idea how they sound?

No one has brought up the 1980's 3000 Tandberg stack yet?

I did not know Rotel was that old. Pretty.

Also found the Pinoeer SPEC 1 and 2. Very nice, though technically neither a receiver or integrated.

@almarg Thanks for the Art Deco porn, that really is an awesome piece!

@lowrider57

Awesome links!! I didn't even know SAE Had done a receiver! It looks like their best looking piece of gear ever. :)

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