Yamaha 4600 or 2500 as far as Preamp

[jayswizz]

Hello again everyone,
I have another question, Is the preamp section of the 4600 better than the preamp section of the 2500. I already have a seperate amp. Does it make sense to save the money and go with the 2500?

 

[Doug917]

I use the 2500 as a preamp and it works really well. Personally, unless you have oodles of dough or are set on having HDMI, I woudn't even give the 4600 a second look. I haven't heard anything about it outdoing the 2500 as far as sound quality.

 

[jayswizz]

Thanks Doug,
I share the same thinking. I do not want to spend double for the same processing abilities.

 

[furrycute]

The audioholics review of the 4600 says that the preamp section of the 4600 is substantially improved over that of the 2500.

 

[mulester7]

The audioholics review of the 4600 says that the preamp section of the 4600 is substantially improved over that of the 2500.

.....check the specs....more quality build-components used along the signal paths through the receiver....less deviation of the signal as it passes through....using signals, which were presented, at hopefully +/- O db....but whatever is presented, it pretty much comes "out", the same thing the receiver got fed, with more quality components via build-quality-emphasis....those parts cost them, and us, more, sure....I believe there's a definite difference in why they charge 700-800 for one, and 1800 for the other....let's just be glad we can do a bunch with a pre-pro receiver, huh?....