Absolutely nothing special about Denon anymore. They used to be great receivers, but not anymore. Out of the box, they don't sound good and lean heavily upon the Audessey crutch to sound decent.
There is an industry wide bias in favor of Denon/Marantz imo. I've found Yamaha to be more balanced in sound whereas D/M tends to roll off the upper end.
I hope that backing out of a deal with Onkyo didn't harm Onkyo to where all we are left with is Denon and marantz being roughly half of our options at receivers.
Wow. I guess rumors of your demise really were exaggerated. Unless this is "Knapp-bot". Anyway, nice to see some of the "OG's" still contributing here.
Greetings fellow HTF'ers. It's been a long time. I still lurk, but don't post as much. Anyway, I will be in the Philippines next month and have an opportunity for a mini excursion to either Singapore, Taiwan, or Hong Kong. Has any of the members here been to any of these places? I'd appreciate...
Let me preface my rant by saying that there are alot of good dog owners of many breeds, BUT, there is a particular type of owner I'm starting to see more and more. The jackass a few houses down from me is the latest. It's becoming more and more fashionable for people to not just own, but train...
Anyone catch the pilot episode for this? Outside of "The Shield", I'm usually not into cop dramas, but I liked the edginess of the show. It reminds me of a cross between "The Shield" and "Training Day". If this show makes it, I'm all in.
You say sad, most say fitting, ironic, and proper for the NFL's all-time interception leader. Seriously. The guy's a turnover machine. Always has been, always will be - although this was a better than average year for him.
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Both are nice receivers. Go with Yamaha if you are running 7.1 as it will overlay PLIIx over 5.1 lossless and the Onkyo won't. Onkyo is HDMI 1.3, Yamaha is not. Onkyo will internally decode new lossless formats internally, Yamaha will not. Owners of both rave about both. Onkyo...
I think I'm in the right place for this question, anyway..... Can someone let me know if there is a workable solution for this? My Comcast DVR has a DVI and component output, when I used a DVI to HDMI cable run through the receiver, it won't work (HDCP issues). But when I run it the DVI-HDMI...
So I'm listening to Tiki Barber after the Dallas/Giants game and, worst...analyst...ever. He bashes his former team/coach/ QB very publicly in the media last week and blames them for his loss of love for the game, but while addressing the needs of the Giants during his post-game comments, he...
It's not my posts, but me that people have come to despise - but 'I ain't mad at 'cha':) Seriously, I don't post much at all anymore either. I think that I'm a little too "cerebral" for some. But I still do my dvd reviews here and read the posts from fellow old-timers.
How about the stupid commercial for a Toyota (Corolla) w/ the nerdy teen convienience store/gas clerk is oogling all over this lady pumping gas and asking her how many miles to the gallon it gets. He then says, "So, I guess we won't be seeing each other very often?" Then after she gets back in...
Good points Colton. I think it's a documented fact from numerous respectable sources that the celebration of Christmas is pretty much a fraud w/ it's origins coming from the winter solstice and the worship of the ancient Roman Sun God Saturn. And as for Easter, could someone please tell me what...
Let me preface my comments by cautioning everyone against turning this thread into a religious discussion as that is not the purpose of my post here. Anyway, as I drive around through the city and around the different neighboorhoods including my own, I can't help but to notice all around us...