Hey SuShi;
I was out shopping with the ole man over the last 2 weeks for a receiver. As much praise for power and cost efficiency the Denon gives, do go out and look at the new NAD. I matched pricing and features between all the brands. What came out was a Denon (Sorry forgot the model) and a NAD 752. The NAD came out a winner. Although receivers are hard pressed to notice differences. On higher levels or loud music the NAD handled the long sustained loud levels with more gusto than the Denon in the same price. Maybe power handling on the NAD was a bit stronger. Sorry i do not have quantitative numbers just personal observation. It was also hard pressed to tell the difference between the NAD 752 $1200 CDN vs the Rotel RSX1055 $2000. Actually the NAD had more features. The NAD had better high level handling than some of the Marantz, Yamaha, Onkyo Integra and Sony I saw in the $1200 price point. I was thorougly surprised with the new Sony ES line.
Saturn
