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1) the difference between an amplifier and AV receiver</td></tr></table>An A/V receiver is an amplifier with a tuner, digital signal processing (surround formats, etc), source selection & switching. An amplifier merely takes a line level signal and amplifies it for speakers. An amplifier is usually coupled with a separate pre-processor/tuner.
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Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2) the difference between a super-woofer and sub-woofer</td></tr></table>The second exists, the first is marketing hype?</font>
