TEAC AH500 Reference Series Integrated Amplifiers
TEAC AH500 Reference Series Integrated Amplifiers
USER REVIEWS
[Mar 05, 2002]
E George
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Beauty. Performance. Size. Cost. Professional presentation & feel.
Weakness:
Needs good ventilation as it puts out a considerable amount of heat. Excellent package. Crystal sound in a distinctive, highly stylized, functional design. Striking visual presentation is paralled with remarkable performance. Coupled with matched TEAC 500 series multi-CD player & tuner with PSB Image 4T speakers it delivers superb audio in a space efficient, eye-catching presentation. |
[Nov 19, 2001]
Robert Sobol
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Very Attractive, and matched to components
Weakness:
Powerful...It wants to roar. Can be fatiguing. No way was I going to buy ugly black boxes with cheap plastic dials and display them prominently in my home. Aesthetically, and on the surface, and probably on the inside, too - this system has no equal in it's price range. I really can't say it's less of an amp that my Denon, which cost $400, seventeen years ago. I use the phono input and enjoy my lps as much as I did back then. In this day and age, it is a bonus to get a phono input with any machine. The phono input has little or no gain, though and volume level must be much higher than with CD playback. The gain is a problem in reverse with the CDs though, and I am barely cracking the volume open to settle into a non-fatiguing level. The result is low-fi under performance typical of playing at too low volume. Maybe a tad sibilant-but that might be the CD's fault. My in-wall speakers are 12 ft apart and the sound stage is sometimes unfocused but I believe I can improve that. I have a problem with my listening room being bright and resonant. And this amp has alot of power, and strong bass making matters worse. Similar Products Used: Denon Integrated amp from 1985 |