So in the past I had a vintage turntable with everything built in, amp, pre-amp, radio. Just plug in passive speakers and go. Sadly the motor burnt out in it and I couldn’t find a replacement. Now that I’m making decent money I started investing in a new system. I got a new table with a built in pre-amp, a new tube amp, and I still have my vintage passive speakers. I’m just wondering what benefits would a receiver add to my system aside from being able to use the radio?
Take the example of separates for a tube setup.
3x the space, power consumption, cabling, complexity, expense, heat, maintenance and devices to manipulate.
The cost of tube replacement can go up quite a bit, with each having their own tube rectifiers abd power supplies, etc.
Try out a tube receiver that has a tube pre abd tuner if you want one of the greatest joys in audio. Especially voices, such as talk shows or vocal heavy music.
That’s a huge difference in investment, running costs and potential for failure.
All that said, I have systems that are separates and also integrateds that I will never willingly part with.
On the flip side the extra expense brings modularity, focused efforts on individual components, and potentially higher performance. (because of both space/design constraints like shared power supplies, potential noise, crosstalk, etc., for integrateds)