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Particularly considering the price, this was a good purchase. The speaker cable connectors the tuner presets are a hassle to deal with, but I have heard none of the background hum that a few reveiwers have reported. This unit sounds very good. Right out of the box, I tried the TEAC out at loud and normal volumes with some sonically challenging recordings, and it really did well. 4 Stars out of 5.
It's hard to find a good audio receiver/Amplifier as the market is dominated with Home Entertainment Systems. I'm pleased with the product. The sound quality is excellent for a such a reasonably priced receiver.
However,Teac AG-790A Stereo Receiver I had to waste all that time setting it up for nothing, as well as paying $8 at the UPS store for packing it up.NOTHING should be defective out of the box. I brought in a professional who said the switch was bad.Amazon is replacing it. This product came out of the box, brand new, with a bad switch.The only way to turn on the receiver was to hold it in. Once you let it go it went off. A real piece of garbage.
I didn't want a surround sound receiver, since I already have one that's used for my tv. I needed a 2-speaker system that would accept inputs from my old turn-table and cassette player/recorder, plus an auxiliary input for an XM tuner. I've used this receiver for about a month now, and it does everything I expected. Shipping was very fast, it arrived just a few days after the order was placed. It probably took me longer to disconnect my old tuner with all the wires than it did to hook up the new Teac receiver. The electronic tuning and station presets work fine, the sound quality is excellent and there are plenty of inputs for all my components. If you're looking for a solid stereo receiver, I don't think you'll go wrong with this Teac unit.
Don't lose the remote control; it has a mute button that is missing from the receiver itself. The speaker binding posts are the cheapest, flimsiest excuses for binding posts that I have ever seen, and I've seen many. Adequate. They are still better than the alternative, though.
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