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In Reply to: Interesting idea. posted by jimbill on November 8, 2006 at 12:33:28:

I've just checked Yamaha's site and the DSP-E800 is listed in the dicontinued section, but this doesn't really matter as there are usually one or two available on ebay in any given week.
After reading a thread over on AVforums it appears that Yamaha decided it was counter-productive manufacturing the E800 as it was perhaps discouraging customers from purchasing their receivers, but the E800 is fairly well known in the UK as being the only product of it's kind available to users of high-end stereo systems who don't want to compromise the performance of their systems by having audio signals degraded.
My E800 is by far the cheapest piece of equipment I own but it does it's job admirably when watching DVDs/SKYTV, while being completely out of circuit when I listen to CDs.
Recently I purchased a Primare DTS/DD processor so the Yamaha's processing was not needed anymore although the amplification of the rear channels was, but it's possible to configure the Yamaha as a power amp only so it still retains it's place on my rack.
Higly recommended then for anyone like me who doesn't think even high-end 5 or 6 channel amps/receivers can cut the mustard for stereo.

Best Regards,
Chris redmond.

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