"Bill Riel" wrote in message
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In article
.net,
says...

According to the manual and their website description,
MOSFET amp, THX certified.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...etailComponent

I've heard it driving 2 different set of speakers and it
has no peculiarities that I can discern.

Looks like a remarkable deal. I've never seen a THX
certified receiver at such a low pricepoint.

One thing that I noticed: on the specs they list THD at
0.2% - I fully confess my ignorance of such things, but
is that possibly audible? The only reason I bring it up
is that, for example, the Denon receiver I own (2106) has
somewhat similar specs (lower power though and not THX),
but they list THD at 0.08%

Would these still largely sound the same below clipping?

Likely, yes.

A modern power amp putting out 0.2% THD is most definately clipping, and one
putting out 0.08% THD is probably clipping a little as well.

IOW if the rated power was backed off say 5%, both amps would have 0.02% THD
from 20-20K.