Anthem 225 vs Yamaha A-S2000

The Yamaha puts out 190 watts as you can see in this review... http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/review/home_entertainment/yamaha/a-s2000/259907 .Also they was a French reviewer that just loved the yamaha a-s2000. He was using some Verity Audio Parsifal Ovation (25,000) and these speakers are hard to drive too...sensitivity is only 85.0db. He said this amp is an incredible value...compare it to integrated amps in the $5,000 to $7,000 range !.. A Classic that we will talk about for a long time!

I got my Yamaha a-s2000 today and I'm SHOCKED at how GOOD it SOUNDS ! It sounds much more like a really good CLASS A AMP like the Luxman L590a mk2 or Accuphase! This amp does run a little WARM. I'm going to let it break-in good for 400 hours or so and see how much better it sounds then.....

Well it has been 1.5 years since this posting. How are the Anthem 225 and Yammie AS2000 still sounding in this comparison?

I find the Yamaha to be far less engaging and a bit sleepy when compared with the Anthem 225.

OP-

I have experience w/ the Anthem 225. It is a very robust amp- enough to drive Thiel loudspeakers (my reference) and this is no easy task. The Thiel craves power and current- the more the better. I found this match to be quite pleasing and the Anthem never ran out of juice. Happy Listening!