Yes, I'm talking about the FM tuner stage. This is a 20 lb. unit with an aluminum face plate and the 100 wpc is RMS - i.e. real watts. This unit will sound like any other 100 wpc amplifier that is being used within its design parameters. Like other competently made units it has a flat frequency response, inaudible distortion and a low noise floor. The speaker terminals are the large binding posts. It is built like a tank.
The only thing it lacks is popularity and prestige. Teac made its fame in the 1960's and 1970's as a tape recorder manufacturer. They've always been known for them. When they decided to get into the high end electronics business in the 1980's they developed a new brand called Esoteric that still makes some of the nicest equipment available. They did this to shake off being known as a tape recorder company in a digital age.
You can put this unit up against any of the popular brands of stereo receivers and it will look just as good, have better construction than many of them, perform exactly the same with conservatively rated power and, as I said, the best FM reception you can find for less $750. I'm not kidding you. I use this to power my bedroom TV audio so I use it every night since my wife and I usually like to watch some TV before dozing off. It even has a sleep timer so it will turn itself off, if you like. I listen to FM a lot in bed and really appreciate how well it does radio reception.
I'll go ahead and write up a review of it for the review forum. Sorry, Seth, I'm not going to open it up for photography. I did that for the Denon tuner and nobody cared.
