Video Asylum

Posted by Joe Murphy Jr on February 02, 2001 at 23:43:50:

In Reply to: Best HT processor posted by Thomas on February 02, 2001 at 16:02:52:

Denon 5800 ($2800) or Denon 3801 ($800). Which one depends on how many watts per channel you need. The 5800 is 170 wpc and the 3801 is 105 wpc. Each does: stereo, Dolby Pro-Logic, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Matrix 6.1, DTS 5.1, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 and DTS-NEO (surround from 2 channel audio). Right now these two handle the "mostest" formats. If you don't need the power, each has preamp outputs for each channel.