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I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me.

Recently took a look at an ad for a Technics SU-G700M2 integrated amplifier, and honestly it made me a little sad for me, my hobby and the gear I ended up with.

When I "wore a younger man's shoes" I needed inputs! I was going to have a turntable, a Tandberg reel to reel and cassette player, and that new fangled CD player would be there as well. 

This new integrated has 5 digital inputs and 2 analog inputs... and anyway I just want to drink while playing Billy Joel radio on my Roon streamer.

erik_squires
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coralkong
597 posts
 

Unchained or unhinged?

jafant
18,842 posts
 

Great stories as above...Laughing.

 

Happy Listening!

jafant
18,842 posts
 

tylermunns

 

2nd- Some stuff is better on DVD/VHS.  Time will prove that servers/streamers are not all that.

 

Happy Listening!

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carlsbad2
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I hear you.  I remember when I sold my old yamaha reciever that weighted 80 lbs because it was old school copper because it wouldn't accept HDMI inputs.  I then noticed the Yamaha that replaced it weighted 20 lbs and I felt I had made a mistake.  

My Denon AV reciever has HDMI inputs and RCA outputs for each channel.  I run RCA out for my front speakers to one input of my amp.  

The rest of my inputs are digital so I run digital inputs to my DAC which effectively becomes my preamp and routes to a 2nd RCA input on my amp.

So I guess 2 RCA inputs and the rest digital would work for me today.

Jerry

scott22
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To each his own as for me it is digital all the way. albums are too costly, to fragile, to much a hassle to maintain for the perceived sound benefit. Oh, I own the Technics SUG 700  and it is a nice piece of gear for sure. 

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