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Summary: A Superior Piece of Musical Equipment
Review: Fans of the Nakamichi brand know that their legendary tape decks can record a CD perfectly, accurately preserving the spatial relationships that make listening to a good recording akin to the live experience. This receiver eschews unneeded lights and gadgets to concentrate on producing superior sound. I marvelled at the transparent airy high end and the front-to-back imaging. The remote control, although not lighted, is intelligently designed. If my Sony Dolby Digital receiver is a Nissan Altima, this is a Lexus LS400.
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Summary: Poor man's primium stuff
Review: I purchased this receiver from Amazon.com at the very reasonable price offered, and have since enjoyed its class of quality and performance. I can confirm other reviewers' opinion of its very clear sound quality and nice looking built. Beyond that I want to say that it's very discriminating to the nature of its source material: good recordings sound fabulous while poorly mixed ones sound intolerably muddy. Several shortcomings nevertheless are present: limited A/V connectivity with only 2 video inputs; a merely moderate current output--perhaps not enough to drive large speakers or low-impedence ones well; somewhat flimsy connectors on back panel requiring careful pluggings and unpluggings. But these reservations are secondary for me given its nice balance of costs and benefits. If you want quality more than newest technology (DTS etc.) this is definitely worthy a try.
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Summary: still sterling after 2 years
Review: It would be nice if I could decode the latest digital video standards, but that's about it on complaints. Considering the extremely reasonable price, this is simply the best receiver I've ever had.It offers astonishingly clear sound (with my 5 ohm Magneplaners and a/d/s/ sub), plus plenty of inputs and outputs, and all around versatility. Simply superb. Even more importantly, whenever I want to do something, I just reach for the analogue buttons and dials and it happens. No perusing the manual. Try that with a Yamaha or Denon. Note: this receiver is no longer produced. However, the current Nakamichi AV-7 is almost identical (but with more video inputs), and the AV-8 and AV-10 combine extra features (like a built-in crossover and DTS decoding) with the same amazing usability. The best receiver-family going. Get one, even if you already have a McIntosh or a Mark Levinson. You may be very surprised by which one you actually use.
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Summary: still sterling after 2 years
Review: It would be nice if I could decode the latest digital video standards, but that's about it on complaints. Considering the extremely reasonable price, this is simply the best receiver I've ever had. It offers astonishingly clear sound (with my 5 ohm Magneplaners and a/d/s/ sub), plus plenty of inputs and outputs, and all around versatility. Simply superb. Even more importantly, whenever I want to do something, I just reach for the analogue buttons and dials and it happens. No perusing the manual. Try that with a Yamaha or Denon. Note: this receiver is no longer produced. However, the current Nakamichi AV-7 is almost identical (but with more video inputs), and the AV-8 and AV-10 combine extra features (like a built-in crossover and DTS decoding) with the same amazing usability. The best receiver-family going. Get one, even if you already have a McIntosh or a Mark Levinson. You may be very surprised by which one you actually use.
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Summary: You cant go wrong with this great value.
Review: Nakamichi,that says it all.What a great value on an outstanding piece of audio equipment.I unboxed the AV-3s,proceded to unhook my old Luxman receiver and was listening to it shortly after.The AV-3s has all the power one could want and the clearity is just what one would expect from Nakamichi.I am more than pleased with this receiver and would tell anyone shopping for one to check this one out..You cant beat Nakamichi,and you sure cant beat this value. Thank You
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Summary: high quality, low price
Review: The AV3S is an excellent product at a great price. I've always loved Nak products, at the same time being put off by their price and reliability. The 3S has addressed both my concerns (price is reasonable and I've had it for over a year now, with no problems). The remote is somewhat poorly designed, but works well, and you can even control the center channel and rear surround settings with it.
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Summary: Beast of a deal!
Review: Wonderful price and quality sound. I was concerned about low price and non-digital. Price reflects a great value NOT a cheap budget line of Nakamichi, super suprise. Power is more than enough, pushing (2)200w Technics & (2)150w Advents. IT MOVES YOU! Super clarity for surround set-up with solid power for all music styles.
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