Receivers

The men best friend

Advantages: performant, usefull
Disadvantages: might take a wile till you realise how to use it if you are not used with performant things

...Man. But the Sony also injects an extra layer of realism and emotion to a film’s music score. The Yamaha DSP-AX763 and DSP-863SE boast marginally greater transparency and dynamics, but the classical score of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull still sounds great. The Sony times superbly, instruments sound natural, and it’s these intrinsic values that give it kudos in stereo mode, too. Very occasionally, treble can sound a touch bright ...

roxanam 06.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sony STRDA2400ESB.CEK

Yamaha DSP-Z7, AV powerhouse, awesome picture & sound.

Advantages: Excellent picture / sound. Amp very good upscaler. Future proof built in.
Disadvantages: It is heavy. Amp in short supply

This is one serious bit of equipment. It's flexibility with connections make long term future proof. The sound and picture quality is awesome. If it is used in a room that can't take 7.1 number of speakers , use the unused 2 channels to bi-amp the front left & right speakers. It has a multi room capability. It is an excellent upscaler. Five HDMI in, two HDMI's out ( two tv's or tv and projecter ). The amp is built like a tank - solid and weighty. ...
...under less strain whilst giving better performance. A lot of the top of the range DSP-Z11's design and features have found their way into this amp. My one moan is that it's in short supply due to it's success and you may have to wait several weeks for delivery - check suppliers stock. ...

Graham2222 22.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Yamaha DSP-Z7

Denon is music and movies to your ears!

Advantages: quality, amazing sound, good looks, value for money
Disadvantages: no HDMI input (but thats changed on newer models)

...this price point, this particular Denon AVR has gone from 1900 to 1910 (as the current model) thus the model before the 1907 was the 1906 and the one after was the 1908, well, you get the idea. Which each release the general product is improved. There are models both up and down, with Denon’s flagship Audio-Visual Receiver the AVR-4810 leading the way with 9.1 channels and more inputs than you can shake a stick at. Of course, the price reflects the ...
...speakers and a shiny new Denon upscaling dvd player, I opted for this AVR. At the time it cost me £350, though it seems prices have risen a little since. No surprise really as you now get HDMI input and output in the newer models including DTS HD and True Dolby Digital HD. My 1907 is lacking in this area, which I’m quite sad about now, as I’ve recently upgraded to a PS3 and full HD TV. If I had the money, I would buy the 1910. That’s not to say I’m ...

AgeUK 05.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Denon AVR-1907

Onkyo TX-SR606 - great value

Advantages: great connectivity, great 720p (1080i) upscaler, great looks, excellent clarity of sound.
Disadvantages: Doesn't upscale to 1080p, a 4th HDMI would be useful.

Bought one of these for a great price on eBay at the same time as the 607 was launched. I paid £300 It offers terrific value at the price I paid. In these times of a mixrure of signals from SD to HD, this machine is particuarly useful as it offers a built in scaler that can upscale all of your inputs to 1080i or 720p. (The newer 607 upsclaes to 1080p I believe but apart from blue-ray, just about all transmitted HD signals offered by Sku and VirginMedia ...
...importanmt feature for me as I have a large number of inputs and it was becoming a nighmare to feed into my plasma. This machine also offers terrific sound. It has a nice clear subtle green display so that you know what it's up to! As for features, it would be pointmess to reproduce those in a review as you'll have already read those if you're contemplating the puchase of this AV-amp. If I had a true native resolution of 1080p on my plasma, I'd ...

dca860 19.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Onkyo TX-SR606

Bush RPA1 - A useful product with some drawbacks

Advantages: Compact, cheap, radio performance satisfactory, has a record turntable
Disadvantages: Performance through own speakers fair only, turntable performance (see text)

I bought one of these (two actually-one was a present) in a sale about two years ago. I paid under GBP 10 per set, which was remarkable. Normal retail price appears to be in the GBP 35-45 range. The unit comprises a range of features that wouldn't have been hard to find a generation or so ago, but which are rare now. What we have here is what used to be called a radiogram - a combination of radio and record player with built - in speakers. It's ...
...illustration, but the turntable is 17cm, with the entire unit being 30cm wide. The radio part includes an analogue tuner with medium wave and stereo FM (there's no LW), There is a facility for switching off the stereo decoder in case of poor reception, and a red LED indicator to aid tuning. The tuning scale has an illuminted yellow LED cursor. The FM aerial is of the wire type and gives satisfactory reception and performance - maybe on the level ...

zephyr4 16.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Bush RPA 1