Further to my comments above, our testing of the Denon AV receiver and a few others was during the period when we were considering taking on the Sherwood Newcastle line. The Sherwoods we bench tested did not show the same characteristics when driving the 4-ohm loads. They produced more output power into 4 ohms and didn't current-limit the power-supply stage into low impedances, so long as you didn't drive them beyond their stated limits. This aspect of the Sherwood's amplifiers really impressed us, which is why we decided to carry the line.

Regards,


Alan Lofft,
Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)