Written on: 22/02/2011
I have owned my Yamaha AX-396 for nearly 3 years now & it has been trouble free! I run x2 Kef Q15's & x2 Musical Fidelity MC4's and it works wonders, sounds lovely (speakers probably have an awful lot to do with it) I had a Technics Amp before this (unsure of spec) and the Yamaha out does it...by miles! Alot warmer sound, and alot more clout when turned up. Overall for the money (I paid £70 for mine) The Yamaha AX-396 is an excellent unit, with excellent sound quality. Doesn't do anything... (read more)
Written on: 06/10/2008
Quality can only be fully appreciated with suitable input from CD, phono or tuner - and of course good speakers. My Rogers LS20a's have never sounded better ! (read more)
Written on: 10/06/2008
Great sound for pound rating on the Yamaha AX396, one of the best amps for the price EVER (read more)
Written on: 01/06/2005 by ampmaestro (19 reviews written)
After 2 years of great listening to the Yamaha AX-396 I can honestly give this unit the "thumbs up" for its ability to give beautiful audio reproduction. It has never faultered once and no matter what audio track you listen to, it sounds just perfect. It has enough bass to make the glass in my windows shudder and yet still reproduce those real low notes wihout distorting and the mid-range to high end audio (sometimes where it really counts) can compliment lots of speaker systems and make... (read more)
Written on: 27/05/2005 by tploom (1 review written)
I was really surprised by the Yamaha AX-396, before this I had a Yamaha reciever and I got to say the differents was night & day....
The reciver uses complicated digital processing technology that enables to listen the music in 5 or 6.. channels but increases the sound distortion making the music or movie sound like electrical.
When I bought the AX-396 I compared it with the reciever and the difference was big. AX-396 was able to produce the sound with so much clarity & purity that the...
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