Denon again!
Since approximately 1 year ago I decided to start an expensive (but worthy in my mind) comparison of AV Receivers in my home. There is no other comparison giving better results: you must be in your home, same room, same speakers, same connected equipment.
I was coming from a Denon AVR-3312ci, very nice performer to tell the truth, and I just wanted to check if it was as good as I thought it was by comparing it to other non-Denon models.
I went first with an Onkyo 818: even nicer than the Denon 3312, which in fact I sold about a month after having tested the Onkyo side by side. Not sure if it is all in Audyssey XT32 as most audio-geeks would say on AVS Forum (I have my doubts: since when amplification does not count a dime???), but indeed the Onkyo performed better expecially with movies, with a much more intelligible dialogue, more impacting and also better distributed bass. Then guess what, the Onkyo died on me for the infamous HDMI board issue. Replaced by the manufacturer...
A great upgrade
Here's some thoughts on the X4000 after a couple weeks of use. My speaker setup is 9.1 with wides and backs. I have a B+K ST1400s2 powering the mains.
I'll say right here in the beginning that I love the sound I'm getting. Very clear detailed sound.
Yesterday I set up my X4000 from scratch again and it was really easy having done it before. I did a some stereo music listening before running Audessey just to see how much difference there is. Night and day really. I admit I did not spend a lot of time setting things up to try and tune things without Audessey. I did do the bass management though.
I really like listening to music and movies and like new toys. I took time placing my speakers and sub to get the sound I like but I don't let myself get so far into the HT craziness to start doing acoustic room measurements. Nothing wrong with it but I don't want to become more obsessed and start finding problems that I'm happy not knowing. So I'm a big fan of...
Spectacular Upgrade to my Bose System. Top Notch Musically. Runs Hot.
This is a System Review of the Components I bought to Build my Ideal Surround system that would fit my Great Room.
I am putting it in all of the Components as Reviews for those who might find it helpful for Building a System. I hope it helps.
I was coming from a Pioneer Receiver with Bose Acoustimass Speakers all around.
I upgraded to the Following:
- Denon AVR-X4000
- Polk LSi7 (Fronts)
- Polk CSi A6 (Center)
- Polk OWM5 (Surrounds)
- Polk PSW505 (Subwoofer)
The Denon was easy to setup and allowed me to BiAmp the Polk LSi7's which are 4 ohm loads. So there are 2 Amps driving each of my LSi Fronts.
This sounds quite spectacular with really good separation running Music which is best listened to in 2.1 which the Amp Defaulted to.
This was the Biggest upgrade in sound from my old setup, it lacked when playing music. All the different types of music sound fabulous including the Heavy stuff like Three Days Grace which is...
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