Denon AVR-5805 (1 Viewer)

dpisauro · Jun 15, 2015

I recently acquired this piece of equipment from a family member. As I have no use for it, I'm looking to get rid of it. After doing a bit of research, this seems like it was a top-of-the-line receiver 10 years ago. Looks like it retailed for $5k and got great reviews. I can't locate any for sale online so I was curious if any of you knew if this thing is sought after still or just a 70 lb. paper weight. It appears as though it's in perfect condition, with remote, power cord, manual, and antenna (I think).

Any help would be great.

Thanks.

schan1269 · Jun 16, 2015

No, it isn't a paperweight. I don't remember though if it is 1.1 or 1.3 HDMI though.

Jason Charlton · Jun 16, 2015

It's 1.1 (according to what I found online).

It has two sets of multichannel ins (so you could do outboard lossless audio decoding and feed the audio in that way), and it has preouts so you can connect to outboard amps... but, I don't really see a whole lot of value in it for what it does (which in modern terms, isn't a whole lot).

For someone who can use the multichannel ins and maybe needs to use it's extensive multi-zone features, it may be worth a bit (spitballing here, but I'd guess maybe $100), but I don't think you'll have people knocking down your door for it.

I'd defer to Sam, though - he's got a much better pulse of the market.

schan1269 · Jun 16, 2015

$100 is way too low. Onkyo 7/8/9 series of the 05/06 years still command $400-$500, with the Integra versions about $100 higher.

For lossless over HDMI(does not have to use the MCH for that), you just have to have player that sends multichannel PCM(that was easy to find up to 3 years ago. Now only top models do it).

Even DVD-A/SACD can be played over HDMI from Oppo players the same way.

But yes, there are those who still desire MCH.

$600 shipped(which means $500-ish for you...) is more than fair. Cause not many people are looking for it...and Denon of that ilk are a nightmare to set up. Batpig isn't even helping on that one.

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