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Well I'm sorry bro if this sounds offensive, but that seller is full of shit then.
While I don't discard the fact that amps can sound different (because they measure differently, therefore they
CAN sound different), but comparing your v681 which is situated in your home vs a 5010 in a shop is like comparing Indian curry to Mexican salsa. 2 different things yo!
What you hear in the seller's demo room is not what you will hear in your room. You mentioned dialogue being "soft", but can you be certain that the seller has actually corrected/calibrated the center channel levels? I mean, are the speakers even placed correctly in the first place?
It just sounds to me that the seller is purposely making the SR5010 sound bad and then say "get a better power cable, will improve sound". Wtf kind of advice is that?
That's like saying; if I need to cook nicer rice, I need to get a better rice cooker! Does that even sound logical?
Didn't sound offensive bro no problem im still learning.Yup agree with u bro maybe the seller trying to push the power cable too..but I demo both Yamaha rxv681 and Marantz sr5010 in the shop..he using klipsh speaker system..i think he didn't calibrate the room with supplied mic he just demo it..for newbie is really hard to understand what they are doing maybe after this with little experienced I can demand more from the seller when demo...