Brady, that reputation has no more of a factual basis than, for example, that of Yamahas for being "bright". All competently designed amplifiers amplify transparently without adding any audible coloration to the sound. For a sonic character of that sort to exist there would have to be a substantial deviation from flat frequency response over a broad range of frequencies, but this simply doesn't exist and response is in fact flat, 20-20KHz. One of the great things about the current audio scene is the audibly flawless amplification we can get from moderately priced receivers.
