camino

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Price Paid:  $250.00 from ebay

Summary:
I wanted an easy to set up and use power center for my home theater. I like that this unit runs cool under all conditions and is easy to use on a daily basis. But, I remember years ago when I was first exposed to real audio. While the Panasonic is a well performer and is actually a bargain unit, I am tossing it out and returning to the Adcom 860 II pre amp running the Adcom 6000 to bring the speakers alive again.

Strengths:
All digital is quiet, accurate, and runs cool in the cabinet. Fabulous performance for the price.

Weaknesses:
Lots of power, unfortunately the speakers sound flat and lifeless. The amp just does not seems to bring out the depth.

Similar Products Used:
Running Von Schweikert VR-1 and LCR-15 in front with Veladyne sub and ADS in ceiling rears. Adcom seperates.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I have had the opportunity to have this receiver in my system after getting some great advice from someone in the industry. Basically he told me that this out does receivers many,many times it's price and he is right.
I can not believe how good this sounds after it is set up properly. It is not pretty,it is a bit of a pain to set up but if you are interested in an immense amount of detail and loads of clean power this is the ticket.I have not used anything this inexpensive for 20 years and can't believe it!
The only negative thing about it's sound it that if the DVD/CD sounds bad it will sound terrible as everything is revealed warts and all. With a great sounding disc it is pure magic.

Strengths:
Detail and huge power and cheap!

Weaknesses:
looks cheap and is so most audio nuts wouldn't even look at. A little difficult to set up as factory settings sound very bad.

Similar Products Used:
NAD,Denon,Bryston and Yamaha

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