Ok. Thanks. When I look at the integrated receiver / cd player, it seems like it always costs much more. The Marantz is $699 msrp, but I've seen it for around $580 on-line.
I got into this max wattage thing, by buying a cheap Sony receiver, rated at 100 wpc. I replaced it with a Pioneer Elite rated at 110 wpc. They were not even comparable or in the same league power wise. So, to me, the wpc is somewhat meaningless, it seems to be more of a power supply issue between those 2 units. I just didn't want to get burned again with a cheap unit. And afraid that low wattage would produce the same weak results.
(I know the above isn't very logical, but it's how I feel about the power and wattage situation. It's like it's just a number that's not consistent between manufacturers and models of amplifiers.)
Last edited by CatBrat; 07/27/11 08:18 PM.
