Yammies aren't built so well these days...

[teetoppz28]

I still use a Sony STR-DH540 as my main receiver in my home theater... It's at least 12 years old now (and is a replacement from the previous version of it, as the original fried a board and it was 2x the MSRP to fix)!

Now I just jinxed THAT! lol

[TC Talks]

I use a Kenwood from 1991. It has a direct pass thru feature that produces better sound than the Denon we got for my friend.

[billmich88888]

read this discussion, I know you are familiar with the site:

https://www.avsforum.com/threads/should ... 0overheats.


if your protection trips a lot, then change it, otherwise leave it alone

[billmich88888]

https://www.avforums.com/threads/6-ohm- ... p.2325222/

Do not follow what the manufacturer suggests in their user manual and do not use impedance switching. It simply starves the speakers of power and has no audible benefits. It is a feature intended to protect the AV receiver from overheating, but isn't required due to the fact that modern day AV receivers already include integral protection circuitry that should put the unit into standby should it approach the limits of its operational temperature.

[billmich88888]

in the end, you do whatever you feel most comfortable with on the equipment that YOU own.

I was just trying to provide a path of increased performance (bang for the buck)
If you think there is a heat issue, a cheap (and basically silent) fan, properly placed-- can do wonders for cooling

[TC Talks]

It's time to test that baby...

https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertai ... eadphones/

[TC Talks]

Kenwood discontinued its receivers for home use in 2007, and that's a shame, because for the vast majority of its existence, it had a phenomenal brand reputation.

I got robbed in 1990 while living on Lafayette Street on Heritage Hill. I had a lower rated Kenwood unit stolen, but the insurance company fulfillment guy replaced it with a top of the line unit. Surround Sound was brand new. This unit is a tank, moved with me 27 times and is paired with Bose commercial studio speakers. I can make my great room just radiate with this set up. Even Vinyl is incredible with the SL1200 and the Audio-Technica VM750SH cartridge.

[TC Talks]

Does this mean your rants about station processing will come to a halt?

[billmich88888]

in the audio world, FM radio is relatively "lo-fi".

maybe a super job by a CE can get it "mid-fi".
but it's never "hi-fi"