Hi Friends,
Have some confusion on 2 stereo amplifiers. (Analogue vs digital stereo amplifiers)
During auditoning, I observed the following on these stereo amplifiers:
Yamaha R-S201
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--> Has buttons instead of knobs for tone control (bass treble). Hence seems to be "Digitally" controlled.
--> Has knob for colume control which rotates freely without any physical stop on left and right. Hence seems to be "digitally" controlled.
Yamaha A-S500
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--> Has knobs for both volume control and tone control. Hence "Analogue"
a) Does it mean that R-S201 is a digital amplifier i.e. Class-D amplifier?
b) OR, the amplification is analogue but the volume and tone controls only are digital?
c) I have heard that "Analogue" is always better than "Digital" in terms of fidelity. In that case can we conclude that A-S500 (analogue) would be better than R-S201 (digitally controlled)
Any ideas/pointers would be helpful. Thanks.
Regards,
Amit Mittal.
Have some confusion on 2 stereo amplifiers. (Analogue vs digital stereo amplifiers)
During auditoning, I observed the following on these stereo amplifiers:
Yamaha R-S201
----------------
--> Has buttons instead of knobs for tone control (bass treble). Hence seems to be "Digitally" controlled.
--> Has knob for colume control which rotates freely without any physical stop on left and right. Hence seems to be "digitally" controlled.
Yamaha A-S500
---------------
--> Has knobs for both volume control and tone control. Hence "Analogue"
a) Does it mean that R-S201 is a digital amplifier i.e. Class-D amplifier?
b) OR, the amplification is analogue but the volume and tone controls only are digital?
c) I have heard that "Analogue" is always better than "Digital" in terms of fidelity. In that case can we conclude that A-S500 (analogue) would be better than R-S201 (digitally controlled)
Any ideas/pointers would be helpful. Thanks.
Regards,
Amit Mittal.