I bought this a few months back after reading some glowing reviews of this receiver especially the preamp section. It definitely did not disappoint ... the preamp section is very very good, ultra quiet, and much better than the Adcom GFP-750 that i owned. The tuner is fine, but i'm not really a radio person. So my experience with the tuner section is limited. The amp section is good, but not as stellar as the preamp. I tried with with some high sensitivity speakers, and they sounded good, but run out of juice when paired with more demanding speakers like the madsound RBR or the selah symmetrica line arrays. I used this receiver in the preamp mode paired with odyssey mono amps, and they were extremely good.
I'd rated this a 9 except for a scratch on the right side of the amp. You cannot see it from the front, and obviously has no bearing on its performance.
Another interesting thing i recently found out - You can use the preout of this integrated to feed a subwoofer. Unlike many other integrated amps, if you tap the preout signal, it does not mute the amplifier section. So if you running a pair of speakers with it, and want to augment the bass, you can use the preouts. A very cool feature.
However, I'm in the process of moving towards HT setup. My room upstairs will be transformed to a media room with the full 5.1 setup and projection screen etc. So I'll be putting up the rest of my audio equipment on sale soon.
Looking for $425 incld paypal and shipping within the US.
Here are some of its features:
POWER * 70W Per Channel x 2
PERFORMANCE FEATURES * Symmetrical, Dual Mono Amplifier and Power Supply Construction
* Dual Toroidal Based Mechanically Isolated Power Supply for Fast Response and Low Noise
* Adoption of a Schottky barrier diode, a majority carrier device. This gives it tremendous advantages in terms of speed. The Schottky diode also has a much higher current density than an ordinary diode making the diode ideal for use in power supply applications
* Class A/B Amplifier Stages featuring LAPT Output Transistors. LAPT output transistors are high-speed output transistors that operate over an extremely broad frequency range and produce minimal distortion even when handling large amounts of current
* Ultra Rigid Honeycomb Chassis Construction
* Sound Retriever Technology for Enhanced MP3/AAC File Playback
* Curved Profile Brushed Aluminum Front Fascia
* Large Gold Plated Multi-Way Binding Posts
* Air Studios Audio Tuning
