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Originally Posted by kevo35 Too many choices in the world of amps  would the yamaha be alot better than the sony ( i know its £100 more ). what about the 2400 compared to the new 800? i have everything sony but would get a yam if it was worth it. As you can guess i,m a total novice. Thanx for any suggestions  |
I Have a Sony and a Yamaha amp and in my eyes their is no comparison as Yamaha wins every time for me.
My Sony is only a budget DG820 amp and my Yamaha is a mid range 765.
The Sony's sounds too bright when you compare them to the likes of Yamaha. I can't really compare my 2 as it's night and day in terms of sound quality between them both
The 765 is a bargain now at £499 in my eyes and I even have it with Tannoy speakers who some say are too warm and don't go with the warm yamaha sound but it's clearly not true to be honest.

It sounds awesome.
The assignable inputs will be sorted soon, in the next few weeks with a firmware update from yamaha so it will solve the Sky HD issue
The musical capability of the 765 is excellent too. This model is also a world apart from the 565 Yamaha that is next below it in price so I think most poeple compare Yamaha amps to these more commonly heard models and form the opinion that it is not much good for music.
The build quality is very good and were people can say the the build quality isn't very good is beyond me.
The weight of the amp does appear to be slightly lighter than last years mid level range but it should not be an issue at all. 1 year on and manufacturing of parts does change and improve so just because something weighs less does not mean it is worse as the parts may be better.
To conclude the brightness of the Sony amps in my opinion does let them down and Warm amps sound so much better I have found.
Both are good amps but depends on your preference for sound really and spending that much you want to hear both setup really