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It's a good idea, but I'd probably just get an Onkyo 805 with an Emotiva XPA-5. The 805 can put out nearly 170 wpc with only two channels (use for the 2 back surround channel)s being driven and just run the other 5 channels on the XPA-5.

If you can break 1500 dollars, an Onkyo 875 with the HQV Reon video processor would be even better with an XPA-5. ]]>Apr 27th 2009 12:23PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/Apr 27th 2009 10:20AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/Apr 27th 2009 10:37AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/
Look we all know that the Sony model is fluff with underpowered amps, but a 1000 dollar Marantz is not in the same league as these units. I would have liked to see an upper end Marantz in the test though, as well as the Denon 3808.


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http://www.cepro.com/article/krell_evolution_707_preamp_processor_supports_hdmi_1_3/K28]]>Apr 27th 2009 8:22PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/
Anthem, Classe or Krell currently do not make a receiver, they how ever do make preamplifier/processors. There is an ever so slight difference between a receiver and a pre/pro, a pre/pro does not have an amplifier built into it.

Better luck next time though...

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On the bright side, Kevon27, soon this entire article will roll off of the engadgethd.com front page and it will be much less embarrassing to you.]]>Apr 28th 2009 1:03AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/Apr 28th 2009 10:25AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/Apr 28th 2009 11:00AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/Can you really hear much improved sound quality when you use a $30000 Krell setup vs the highest end setup from Denon?]]>Apr 28th 2009 11:39AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/
From what I know and have read, I tend to believe it. There is a point of diminishing returns and I believe anything beyond that point, is all in peoples heads or the status quo. I have a very hard time believing that a $30k pre/pro is going to give me better sound than a $4-5k (Anthem and Classe, a $2k (Onkyo/Onkyo Integra/Marantz) or even a sub $1k (Emotiva, Outlaw) one. I can see the feature sets and quality of the parts changing, mainly the video processing end, but out side of that... I am not sure I see the advantage of spending more than $5k on a pre/pro (which I think is pretty high for something that will be outdated shortly).

The piece that you should be spending your most money in, where you are going to gain the most from is speakers. General rule of thumb is that your speakers should be about 80% of your budget.]]>Apr 28th 2009 1:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/04/27/avreview-pits-four-high-end-receivers-against-each-other/


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