FINALLY! TrueHD, DTS-HD Master AVR Receivers! (1 Viewer)

[Jack Gilvey]

Sure, it'll be tough to market a new receiver these days without TrueHD/DTS MA on the faceplate. When and if they'll actually get to decode anything is the real question.

 

[BrentSP]

.....and I just bought a Marantz SR8500 I guess I need to wait for the Blu-ray/HD Players to come with DTS-MA and Dolby TruHD decoders.

 

[Jack Gilvey]

Not just decoders, but full-blown D/A/output stages since there's no HDMI input. You can get that with HD DVD/TrueHD right now, maybe a bit a wait for full 7.1 in both formats and both lossless codecs.
Still, the downsampled S/PDIF sounds extremely good.

 

[BrentSP]

Yeah the 8500 doesn't have a HDMI input so I see what your saying. I thought the 7.1 inputs on the 8500 would work if the player had the decoders. What D/A spec does TrueHD and DTS-MA require?

 

[Jack Gilvey]

Your inputs are fine, I'm just not aware of players with 7.1 outputs for those formats yet. The Toshiba XA2 has 5.1, I think, and will give you TrueHD over those. Not sure on what's current in BD.

 

[Dave Moritz]

Its nice to see that the new model recievers are being anounced and that we are seeing more and more brands making anouncments. But for me I do not see myself with a Onkyo or Sherwood to be honest, at this point its ether a Denon or Pioneer.

Onkyo
TX-SR605 MSRP $499
TX-SR705 MSRP $799
TX-SR805 MSRP $999
TX-SR875 MSRP $1599
TX-NR905 MSRP $1999

Sherwood Newcastle
R-872 MSRP $1000
R-972 MSRP $1500

Pioneer Elite
VSX-91TXH MSRP $1000
VSX-92TXH MSRP $1300
VSX-94TXH MSRP $1600

Denon
AVR-1508 MSRP $?
AVR-1708 MSRP $?
AVR-2808 MSRP $?
AVR-3808ci MSRP $1,599
AVR-4308ci MSRP $2,499

 

[JediFonger]

me2. i used onkyo for quite a while but got a denon cause there are lot more features and the quality is just astounding =D

 

[TRINADS]

Personally, I think that Onkyo is not NEARLY as good as people claim, I just got rid of my Onkyo yesterday in place of a Pio Elite 82TSX. Evethough there is no reason to wait for the 1.3 recievers, so as long as you have a level 5 or above reveiver now, I would wait and pass up the Onkyo line. The Pio's and Yami's just sound much better in my opinion. I thought my Onkyo was the greatest thing in the world, but with the Pio Elite, there is just NO comparison, Onkyo sucks!!! I will NEVER purchase another Onkyo product again. It's kinda like a Hyndai, looks nice, has all the features, looks good on paper, but drives like absolute CRAP.

 

[Chris Huber]

Nice, I was wating for Pioneer to release their line. Question, on the Elite 91-TXH front display, can you switch the display from bronze color back to the standard electronics display color? Just wondering.

Also, anyone know how many HDMI inputs these will have?

 

[JediFonger]

yeah people talked about how good onkyos were, that was my first AVR ever, but i always found the bass lacking compared to denon, so i was with onkyo for 5 years and got rid of it, i've been with denon just as long and i luv it!

 

[Brent M]

Resurrecting this thread to see if anyone knows when the Pioneer Elite VSX-94TXH is going to be available. Pio's press release said August, but I can't seem to find any more information about this item. Anyone plan on buying this receiver or know anything else about it?

 

[SherardP]

Count me in on the Denon 4308ci, Crutchfield has them listed now for preorder.