Well as it turns out, the upgraditis virus has struck again, this time in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The lad had now renounced his earlier receiver decisions and is looking at the $500 range of receivers, a demo Pioneer VSX-36TX and an old, but brand new boxed Denon 1802.
There is a Yamaha in the mix but i never got the model number.
You want to hear about lack of any scientific criteria in testing one unit vs. another?
There is an ugly story from the Sound Advice salesman who pitched him the pitch. It made me cringe.
Apparently this salesman told him that Yamaha receivers were his preference and that they outperform the likes of Pioneer and Denon. He then turned each of the volume knobs on the 2 receivers (Pioneer and Yamaha) to the -25dB mark and noted to him how the Yamaha played louder and therefore was a more powerful receiver.
That's just awful. I can't begin to describe the number of things wrong with that 'test'.
