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I think you guys are on the right track (especially Ken). Don't forget shoponkyo.com for refurbs directly from the manufacturer. That's where I got my 805, and it's been super. In my room, I like the audyssey multieq xt.

True Rick, it would pretty boring around here if we all shared the same opinions.

At the moment, ShopOnkyo doesn't have as good a price on the refurbs as AC4L, unfortunately, particularly not on the 809.

I have been eyeing the Onkyo's myself and they seem to have just that one extra item for the same price point that a similar priced Denon is missing. I think either manufacturer is still the best bang for the buck.

I thought the majority here were pro Denon? I never really considered the Onks before but now we have several testimonials? Who woulda thunk? Any further testimonials for A4L?

I've said it before here, but I'll repeat it in this thread as well: I love my Onkyo TX-SR706. Going on three years now, and not one problem.

I moved up from a "budget" Panasonic receiver. My buddy has a nice Yamaha AVR that he paid well over $1,000 for some years ago. Nice unit, but the Onkyo has more useful features. The new ones are even better - the network stuff is really nice - for even less than I paid.

I am not in any particular camp, but one thing I found with the Pio's using the ICE amps was that you could get more headroom in the amp section compared to the same $ value for Denon's or other. And I also found that the Pio's were very honestly rated if not even slightly underrated in terms of the claimed power output. I have a Pio Elite SC-05 right now. If I were to buy another amp tomorrow though, not sure which way I would go. Many things to consider and figure if they are important to you. Anyway, just thought I'd throw in y 2 cents on the amp section. Good luck!

I bought a Pioneer SC-55 a few weeks ago. I wasn't a big fan of solid state amps but I love this thing. It doesn't have the ice amps, Pioneer made their own class d amp. It sounds great.

The room correction strategies might be a little kooky but don't discount the fun factor.

Am I mistaken in thinking Pioneer licensed the ICE technology from B&O? Do they make their own class D amps now?

They did license before, but make their own now beginning with the SC-55 and SC-57.