"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:38:48 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


OK, now that I've had another quick flick through - a smattering of
both, but in place, in proportion. No OTT hype and interesting to
see
that the Arcam was marked down to 3 stars *despite* a full-page ad
from
them...!!

(Couldn't see that happening in a couple of other mags I could
mention....)

Did they say why they had marked it down?


Pix sent direct.

Ta - so mostly a features list issue, then?


Not only that - another quick scan of the Arcam and Onkyo 'reviews'*
would seem to imply some fairly significant sonic advantages with the
Onky while still giving the Arcam first place for 'stereo sound', but I
strongly suspect if you walked into a room with both of them on but only
one playing you would be hard put to say which one it was...??

I gather with these multichannel AV bruisers (7 x 130 Watts!!) ludicrous
OTT connectivity and onboard decoding abilities have a lot to do with
which one gets top slot - the Arcam was Top Dog in June against older
competition (apparently) - now, it seems, there's a new kid on the
block!

There's obviously no end to the merry-go-round, so when does anybody
actually put their hand in their pocket, I wonder? Like I said earlier,
all very interesting - and even more so when I'm not in the market for
any of it!!


*Similar horse**** to any other mag, asittapens - only much less of it
per item, from what I can see!!