I believe that most of what is heard as different sounding recievers would be coming from the preamp section of the reciever. If one would do a side by side comparison while running them in pure direct mode, or whatever the particular reciever calls it, then the perception of sounding different would be nullifed.

I still think that a system can be benifited by an external amp if one plays their music or movies in the +90db range.

Rick


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