Hi Peter...yeah from what I can compare between the US and Japanese sites for the 3808CI & 3808A are much the same, but I did notice the US one states THX Ultra2-Certified but the Japanese one didn't. Hmmmm???? very strange..the UK one also omits THX as well. I wonder if it's a type o on the US site?
In reply to another post I saw later here..I was very set on the Elite SC-07 (which is called SC-LX81 here. It's a great receiver and is kick ass but also carries a price difference of US$1000 more then the denon. So after reading post on Axiom and comparing features that I was interested in, I moved towards Denon. I admit though most of my listening test have been on Pioneer and not so much the Denon, well not the 3808 anyway. So now I well spend more time listening to the 3808 and try to make a informed decision.
