Review Suggestion

[twindeltatandem]

I've read several posts by the pros and others here advocating the use of a HT receiver as a reasonable and affordable pre/pro alternative. I'd be extremely interested in a review that compared, say, the Outlaw 990 with the Denon 4306 both connected to the same reference amps/speakers; or, alternatively, a comparison of the 4306 operating as a receiver versus operating as a pre/pro feeding an amp of comparable capacity. Does such a receiver pass a sufficiently clean signal to its preamp outputs, or is there noise from its amps, etc., that would unacceptably degrade the output?

Perhaps this exercise has already been accomplished: if so, I'd appreciate a link.

John

 

[gene]

I've read several posts by the pros and others here advocating the use of a HT receiver as a reasonable and affordable pre/pro alternative. I'd be extremely interested in a review that compared, say, the Outlaw 990 with the Denon 4306 both connected to the same reference amps/speakers; or, alternatively, a comparison of the 4306 operating as a receiver versus operating as a pre/pro feeding an amp of comparable capacity. Does such a receiver pass a sufficiently clean signal to its preamp outputs, or is there noise from its amps, etc., that would unacceptably degrade the output?

Perhaps this exercise has already been accomplished: if so, I'd appreciate a link.

We have covered this topic to death in our forums and even in our reviews. Mid to top end receivers from the likes of Yamaha, Denon, Pioneer Elite, Integra, etc offer excellent preamp outs these days comparible and sometimes better than dedicated separate pre/pros.

For example, the preamp performance on the Yamaha RX-V2600, Denon AVR-4306 and 5805 is stellar and would mate very well with good external amplification without any audible signal degradation.