Sorry, I wasn’t disagreeing with your assessment that both are good receivers, or you specifically. Nobodies assessment that both are good receivers, for that matter. Just that these two are not “comparable”, IMO. I think a more comparable assessment would be the 3805 and the HK 635. The 7300 is in another league. It’s HK’s flagship AVR, and the 3805 is about a mid line Denon receiver.

And as far as budget, the post originator didn’t ask for anyone to give him monetary feedback, but strictly asked for comparative thoughts between the 3805 and the 7300. Or did I misunderstand the question?