Mike Rieves wrote:

The Alesis RA-100 was an attempt to build an accurate studio amp for those
who couldn't afford a good studio amp, and it did this fairly well. There
are probably many hifi amps that sound better than the Alesis and some of
them might even make better studio monitor amps, but none of them are as
low-priced as the Alesis.

No? Look in the Adcom, Rotel, and Parasound catalogues. Even Tascam makes
something that sounds acceptable in that price range.

The RA-100 is an example of when you try and cut costs too far.

In my experience, all the Yamaha Natural Sound
equipment colors the sound to some extent, that's part of their "nautral"
sound.

Well, everything does color the sound. That's the way electronics are.
Some are cleaner and some are less clean. Some are euphonic and some are
not. If you want uncolored sound, you need to listen to live acoustic
music.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."