LanceBruce

Rockhound: If I hook up my CD player to the RCA inputs in the back, where do I hook up a tuner? From what I understand there is only one set of inputs in the back. BTW, I am an Arkansas grad. Woo Pig! I am shipping the Sony tuner back today, so if I for a used component, I think it makes more sense for me to buy a used tuner, rather than a receiver, since I already have an amp that I really like. Thanks.

Russ69: I was using the tuner inputs, but the Kenwood tech I spoke with had me try the other aux inputs. I think there are two additional ones, and it was the same volume regardless of which aux input I used. I definitely did not try the phono input because it requires three wires, one of which is a ground. The Kenwood guy looked up the specs on my amp and told me what he thought the problem was. I could not repeat back to you what he told me, (amperage, ohms, etc.) but basically what he told me was that when my amp was made in the 1980s, tuner output was not as great and tuner perfomance was not nearly what it is today. The older amp was designed to work with and compensate for the tuners available back then. He looked up the specs for the modern Sony tuner I purchased, From what I gathered, it was either about 10x more efficient or powerful than the tuners the my old Kenwood amp was designed to work with. I hope that makes some sense.

Thanks. I have seen similar Dayton amps on line. I loved the size, but I didn't understand how they worked with permanent components like a cd player and tuner, because I didn't see the type of inputs I was used to. How do you hook up a cd changer and a tuner to one of these amps? LanceBruce

I have a pair of Heresy speakers from about 1980. I have been running them with a Kenwood 100 watt amp that I bought about 1990. I only use it to play CDs. Recently, I hooked up an inexpensive Sony HD tuner and the combination was unlistenable. With the volume set on my amp at zero and the -30dB mute on, the tuner volume was so loud that I could not use it indoors. I deceided to return the tuner and just replace the amp with a newer two channel stereo receiver. I have not owned a receiver since 1977. What is a good new one that I can get cheap to run my Heresies? The only ones I can find are either Sony or Sherwood. The reason I say cheap is that I am not an audiophile by any means. As a matter of fact, I pretty much hate technology. I just want something that I can sit at home, blast my Beatles and Stones, and listen to Coast to Coast without waking up the whole house. Thanks, Lance Bruce