Top 5 Worst Sounding Integrated Amps

[lordibiza]

Hi.

Micromega IA60 and IA180 (also zero reliability)
Densen 110
Rega Brío mk1
Manley Stingray mk1

 

[Hazelberry]

The service manual for my Yamaha A-S701 shows 470 pF on the phono inputs. One day I will get round to opening it to have a look and change to a more sensible 100 pF for modern cartridges.
Shure era capacitance is a good way to ruin the sound.

You have to wonder what the engineers were thinking. My early 1990s Yamaha had a more acceptable 200 pF before I changed it to 100 pF, fortunately an easy job.

 

[pocketkitchen]

You have to wonder what the engineers were thinking. My early 1990s Yamaha had a more acceptable 200 pF before I changed it to 100 pF, fortunately an easy job.

I don’t think they cared. The reps from Technics, Sony et al would only ever discuss it as an afterthought when doing product training. They’d go into detail about XYZ but phono inputs were there for legacy users.