Cuzman wrote:

Cambridge Audio Azur
Very nice.

Denon
Nice.

Harman/Kardon
Horrible.

Marantz
Quite nice.

NAD
God-awful.

What do they sound like? I have no idea - those were pretty-fi ratings.
(Cambridge wins for me in the looks stakes.)

If modern audio electronics is as good as they say it is, I'm tempted to
agree with Keith, in that maybe you're allotting too much of the budget to
the electronics and not enough to the speakers. In other words, you could
cut the cost of the amp/CD/radio and not suffer much loss in quality; while
adding the savings to the speaker budget could make a *big* difference.


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