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Was my friend given misinformation.

My friend is just getting into audio for a music system. In his price rang I thought the Rogue Sphinx V3 would be a nice choice. He could also look at the Revel Concerta 2 line of speakers. Well he decided to stop by Magnolia at Best Buy.  Not a bad setup he got a Denon 3700 AVR and a pair of B&W 603's. He said the salesman told him to stay away from integrated amps as they are not anything but stripped down AVR's without the features. So I guess all us owners of 2 channel preamps and integrated have been duped. Who knew??

luxmancl38
luxmancl38 OP
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What I basically objected to was the way the salesman described the differences between a AVR and an Integrated amp. Putting down an Integrated amp as just a stripped down AVR was wrong. Let’s face it he’s going to point out all the features you get w/the AVR and for most consumers they’ll go for the feature packed item. Plain Integrated's are just not as sexy.

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curiousjim
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2 channel is just stripped down AVR. I’ll have to remember that.😆

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barts
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BB is for the purchase of cheap 75" throw-away TVs..............

Regards,

barts

invalid
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I have a marantz avr in a second system, and it doesn't sound near as good as my main system. I tried the preouts to my amp once and couldn't shut it off fast enough, very bright sounding with little bass. An integrated amp usually has way better preamp outputs and a better amp section as well.

dynacohum
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The B&W 603S2AE is a plain looking box but is a very good speaker for the dough,  even head to head with Revel or Focal equivalents. Denon makes some of the best value AVRs, too, but for the same cost a more targeted integrated might have been a “better buy”.  Really depends on whether the friend is looking for TV integration or mostly music listening. Sphinx has no DAC and many TVs have no analog outputs. 

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