Denon AVR-3803 AV Receiver

Advantages: Good quality, Good number of inputs
Disadvantages: Complicated Menu's, Instructions

...to kick in. Set up is very straight forward, plug in the wall, red to red, black to black. Everything port/socket is clearly labeled and laid out, so no worry for connecting incorrectly. My only issues with the AMP, is that you will need a good week to find your way around the complicated remote control, and as the instructions look good at first glance, however they are in fact worse than the stereotypical stereo instructions. When I was looking for specific tasks, they were no where to be found in the index, so I had to manually "play around" till I could do the task I wanted. Once more time has been spent learning the functions, this AV receiver is a good boys toy, the sound it delivers is top notch for use in the hone (also speaker dependent), and is easily connected to the TV for picture broadcast. It is quite heavy, but well built... Read review

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Advantages: Flexibility, Well priced
Disadvantages: Not ideal sonically, Remote is large and somewhat confusing

...Bringing the feel of the cinema to your own home can be a challenge. There are the easy bits - getting people to obstruct your view, rustling crisp packets and muttering from just over your shoulder. However, achieving the big cinema 'fanfare' at the start of a movie, and maintaining the audience's interest until the end is a different matter altogether. The Denon AVR-3300 is one component that starts to make this possible for the average houshold. It is a mid-priced receiver that nicely handles a full range of input sources. From an optical or co-ax source from your DVD player, feeding Dolby Digital or DTS signals, all the way through to a phono connection. Yes, that's right - this is a home cinema receiver that doesn't forget it's roots....your vinyl can snuggle up alongside your video and be given the same royal treatment. As amps... Read review

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Advantages: Great sound decoding, solid construction
Disadvantages: bit low on power output

...several devices, including CD player, TV, DVD, VCR, etc. In the manual are codes for most popular brands. I believe the Marantz SR4400 to be a great reciever with many useful functions and lots of functions for the Audiophiles to be happy with. Their are lots of future proof features to like 96/24 bit processing which is higher sound quality than todays CD's and 6.1 channels in Dolby and DTS. I would highly recommend this reciever over anything I have heard in its price bracket i.e the Denon AVR 1803, Sony STR DB790, and Yamaha HTR5550. It sounds amazing, has lots of features and looks stunning.... Read review

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