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RE: That has been my experience

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In Reply to: RE: That has been my experience posted by cfraser on February 01, 2010 at 19:49:24

I would suggest a solid look at the Integra 9.9 or the Onkyo 886 preamp-processor.

They are the same units with different cosmetics and there is a difference in price. You can buy the 886 from Onkyo dealers in Europe but in the US you have to get the Integra from an authorized Onkyo dealer; they don't offer the Onkyo versions of pre-processors to the dealers.

However, there are a few places in North America to get the 886 if you want to save a few $$.

As is they do very good jobs, and from the sounds of it you would be happy right there.

There are people who swear by the mods done by The Upgrade Company to the 886, making it able to compete and according to some, beat, anything on the market sonically.

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RE: That has been my experience - cfraser 16:01:14 02/02/10 (0)
I have long considered Onkyo/Integra. I was really hoping the 80.1 would have a more appropriate/modern design considering what it does. Also it bugs me a bit that some of the Onkyo models have features I want that the supposedly "higher" Integras don't. Onkyo/Integra cost MUCH more in Canada than in the U.S., and have just started to go mainstream here in the last year. I could buy in the U.S., but no warranty, and a warranty is another thing I have learned not to go without for these processors. I trust Denon's engineering a lot more than Onkyo's, so that's in my mind too.
I am using a Denon 3808 AVR as a pre-pro. HDMI only. It has worked well, and I have been looking for a worthy replacement for 2 years. Not because I don't like it, just the opposite. I am sufficiently impressed by it that now I want "better", before I was a bit dubious about this whole HDMI thing but 2 years has more than convinced me.
What has me waffling on the Denon A1 is it's "old". I've been looking at it for ~2 years, so it ain't new anyway...I keeep thinking they'll replace it, not that it's really the slightest bit out of date, and prices will "plummet" (they usually have a big sale at the warehouse here, which isn't that far).
Anyway, for the OP, the point is to buy a pre-pro from somebody who has proven they can do it. Right now. And not from somebody who has a "name" from doing something else. And takes forever to get with it, by which time they're a few years and plenty of bugs behind again.

Edits: 02/02/10

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