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New member Username: RahulPost Number: 1 Registered: Sep-04 | Need your suggestions replacing my 5 year old Sony STR-DE 485 receiver. I have Five ( 5.1-channel) pair of Direct/Reflecting cube (small) speakers mounted on the wall and a powered Bose subwoofer. All I am looking for is very clear natural and live sound to listen to DVD movies and HDTV programming. I am trying to pick between Yamaha RX-V1400, Onkyo TX-NR801 or Onkyo TX-NR900. What I read from lot of reviews is that Yamaha RX-V1400 has a laid back sound but it is packed with all the goodies while Onkyo-NR800/801 sound great but does not have component video out which is important to me having a HDTV to watch old VHS and Direct TV. OnkyoTX-NR900 has everything but the sound quality is not as good as Onkyo-NR800/801 or even Yamaha RX-V1400. Would have bought Denon AVR- 3805 if I had that much to spend. Any suggestions which one to get??? |
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New member Username: RahulPost Number: 2 Registered: Sep-04 | Forgot to mention Direct/Reflecting cube (small) speakers are Bose speakers. |
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Silver Member Username: LandrovalPost Number: 693 Registered: Feb-04 | Well if you keep your Bose speakers it wont matter which one you buy. You wont hear the difference. Why does the NR901 sound worse than the NR801? |
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New member Username: RahulPost Number: 5 Registered: Sep-04 | Can't afford to buy new speakers right now, the Bose costed me $1200 when I bought so can't get rid of it that easy. I saw few professional reviews that says RX-V2400 sound better then NR900 and NR800 sound better then RX-V1400. RX-V1400 and RX-V2400 is basically same receivers except myltyroom capability...so that tells me NR800 sound better then NR900.. |
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Silver Member Username: LandrovalPost Number: 694 Registered: Feb-04 | Well that's BS. I can find you any kind of reviews where this and that are better/worse/same than that and this. Of course there are absolutely better and worse amps, but usually it's a question of personal preference and matching with other equipement. Out of those I would get the Onkyo 801 or 901 if it's not much more expensive. They have good features and ok sound. Here's a review where 801 was selected overall winner over Denon 3805, Yamaha 1400 etc. You can translate it with Babelfish: http://www.areadvd.de/hardware/avr_mastertest.shtml |
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New member Username: RahulPost Number: 6 Registered: Sep-04 | landroval, Thank you for the link. I am really surprised that NR801 is so much more expensive then Denon AVR- 3805 in Europe, it is just other way around in US. It seems like their decision is somewhat biased by price. |
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Silver Member Username: LandrovalPost Number: 695 Registered: Feb-04 | Yes, so it seems. Reviews are indicative, but you should not make your decision based on them. The lowest prices I could find for 801 and 900 are around 1100euro, while the AVR3805 is around the same. |
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New member Username: RahulPost Number: 7 Registered: Sep-04 | Here is a posting comparing Onkyo 900 and Yamaha 2300: https://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/forum/home-audio/2805.html |