Why Technics' New SU-GX70 Network Audio Amplifier Doesn't Float Our Boat!

On the face of it, this new streaming amplifier promises much. Based on Technics' own digital technology, it's a lower power version of the SU-G700 Mk2 that Mike and David reviewed a year or so ago. It has a vast array of facilities and lots of power.

Yet it just doesn't hit the spot, as far as the guys are concerned. It has a refined, precise sound but lacks any real emotion. They reckon that many non-specialist hi-fi buyers will like it a lot, but unlike its bigger brother it sadly doesn't work for Mike and David.

Each episode of Hi-Fi Riff features the guys' unedited, unexpurgated views about all manner of weird and wonderful hi-fi designs. Business executive Mike has a wealth of knowledge from previous hi-fi retail experience, and David has written about hi-fi for thirty years. Now Editor-in-Chief of StereoNET, he's picked up a few things along the way.

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