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Hello
Iám shopping for a new DD/DTS-Reciver for my Dali 505. I have been looking at Denon AVR-1601 and Yamaha RX-V396. I want the reciver to sound very good in both HT and 2 channel music listening. Wich one is the best??
Or do you have any other suggestions in the same price-range???
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I'd have to agree w/ audioman here. Before I bought my Denon (different model, AVR-5700) I went to the store and cleared all the salespersons out of the listening room & went to town on all of the differet manufacturers models & volume controls.The Denon's were clearly superior in clarity at the higher volumes. If you want functional, good sounding DSP modes, go with a yamaha for they exceed in this domain. If what your looking for is clean 2 channel volume and excellent DD/DTS decoding ... go Denon.
Remember to check the amount of digital "in's" that you'll need before making your selection.
Hope I'm not too late on this one, good luck!
Fish
Hi Jim
Well, I have owned the Denon AVR-1601, although only for a short time before I upgraded to an Arcam AVR-100. My reason for doing so was NOT that I thought the Denon was an inferior product whatsoever, but rather, only because I have just sold my ultra hi-end 2 channel tube audio set-up ( approx. 15k ) and found that the Denon was just too much of a jump down from where I wanted to be long term. I needed a receiver that could do both reasonably well, and the Arcam was the only thing I heard that could do it both OK anyway.The Denon offered a lot of value for the money and I would say that after comparing it to the Yamaha RS V-396, the Denon came out on top musically, and had DTS to boot. You should be comparing the Denon to the similarly priced Yamaha RS V496 or newly out, 596.....As for the ones you are directly comparing, IMHO, the Denon was the clear winner....Hope this helps....
audioman
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