I have a Harman Kardon AVR 240 - 65 Watts in stereo mode RMS. But it's well built, with high grade components and I do think it compares well with other amps. In fact I think that my Jamo S 60's are not matching it well.
https://www.avsforum.com/threads/harman-kardon-avr-is-good-for-music.2009826/
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I already started a similar thread in another forum, but I want to seek your advice since it's all about receivers here. So I have this pair of Dynaudio DM 2/7 (4-ohm, 150W, 86dB/W/m), and I want to upgrade to a better, more powerful amp. I tried some of the most well-known integrateds (mostly at home): Musical Fidelity M3i, Exposure 2010S2, NAD 375BEE, Rotel 1520, Naim Nait 5si...
Then one guy lent me an AVR 745 (a receiver from Harman Kardon) and although I was very skeptical about it, I took a chance. So I have been listening to this for a couple of days, with various genres of music and at various volume. The result is weird: this 5.1 receiver is really serious in playing music, and the sound characteristics are quite similar to the NAD. In fact I think it is only inferior to the Naim amp.
So the question now is: Am I missing something? Is this receiver supposed to do that well for traditional stereo music? I am not so sure even after listening to it, because 5.1 receivers are mostly for movies, games... and I just want a good stereo system. So should I keep this one?"