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But what does it do, exactly?

We had our neighbours round recently, and one of them came up to the music room to admire the glowing VU needles of the power amp from Yamaha’s impressive 5000 Series which was warming through for an upcoming review.

He was suitably impressed, and he asked me, of course, how much it costs, and then after a pause — “And what does it do, exactly?”

This is a problem with amplifiers these days. While the Yamaha pre-power pair look,

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