What is the difference between a home audio receiver and a home audio amplifier?
soccerplayer45760 asked:
Im shopping for a home audio receiver and i keep seeing home audio amplifiers. and i am not excatly sure what a home audio amplifier is. like is it something that you but and connect to a receiver to boost the watts of the receiver? can you even do that?
Im shopping for a home audio receiver and i keep seeing home audio amplifiers. and i am not excatly sure what a home audio amplifier is. like is it something that you but and connect to a receiver to boost the watts of the receiver? can you even do that?
A receiver usually includes an AM/FM receiver.
An amplifier may not have it.
There are also pre-amps for Turntables and CD players.
A receiver has a built in amplfier, a standalone amplifier is made to connect to a pre-amp or processor or can connect to some receivers if they have pre-out connections. With separate components you sort of future proof yourself, for instance I have a 7 channel amplifier connected to a processor (which is like a receiver but with no amp section), my processor is a few years old and does not have HDMI and does not process the HD audio formats, I will upgrade to a new processor soon but I will keep my amplifier.
a receiver is an amplifier w/ a built in tuner to p/u stations an amplifier is just for making more sound to whic you may add a tuner, preamp turntable etc