DSJR
Major Contributor
I expect I'm going back way too far (almost like last week for me but hey...) when thinking of the PMA250 and 350 amps (i suspect the 350 is where this current model would be, so roughly double the price) and the incredibly 'big hearted' if not hugely refined PMA450SE. The 250 wasn't very powerful and sounded it, the 350 was great for a starter system with the '800 model' CD player and matching slim TU 260 tuner. The 450SE amp was a delight if uncontrolled into some speakers but not sure if it was ever properly tested.
Sorry fellas, I'm reading through this thread and feel you're being really hard on a low cost integrated amp with some facilities *and available from a dealer network* offering after care and hopefully a service department if needed! The kind of better quality dealer-supplied integrateds would arguably start at several hundred dollars/UK pounds now but having said that, does anyone here have a Yamaha 201 they could send in for testing, as it's a different layout than the 301 upwards and maybe more 'traditional' on the inputs and volume control and so on...
Sorry fellas, I'm reading through this thread and feel you're being really hard on a low cost integrated amp with some facilities *and available from a dealer network* offering after care and hopefully a service department if needed! The kind of better quality dealer-supplied integrateds would arguably start at several hundred dollars/UK pounds now but having said that, does anyone here have a Yamaha 201 they could send in for testing, as it's a different layout than the 301 upwards and maybe more 'traditional' on the inputs and volume control and so on...