Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Small, inexpensive 2-channel amps?

If you are considering any HK receivers, I urge you to listen to them with your speakers (and in your room if possible) before you emotionally commit. Depending on your ears,gear and expectations, the distortion level may be unacceptable. I bought a nice powerful HK 2 channel about 8 months ago as an "interim cheapie." I'd been using an old yamaha 1020 for years. The HK has a .07% distortion at 8ohms. I was surprised how much difference I could hear between that and the .05% of the old Yamaha. What some describe as "warm," I experience as distorted. The bummer is the .2% distortion at 4ohms. I can live with the sound on the 8 ohm speakers, but with the 4 ohms it sounds like the speakers are wrapped in a down comforter.