Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Denon 3802, H/K 520, or Marantz 5200?

If you have the cash the Onkyo has been a sweet machine so far. I was considering the Denon 4802 but it was just out of my price range. In fact, if i had not received such a great deal on the Onkyo i would've had something else.

I surely have enjoyed my HK 520. The lack of DD-EX is just a little disappointing, but the DTS-ES is so nice. I am beginning to add amps to the equation...but is slow process. I need more cabinet space. Anyway...the machince is pretty nice with a room to expand and a decent array of options.

Highly recommend the combination of the AVR520 with the Axiom speakers. It's like the sum is greater than the parts.
The AVR520 sounds more like seperate pre-amp/power amp combos than a receiver to me. Massive current in the power supplies. Musical sounding D/A convertors too when auditioned against Marantz and Yamaha.

Marantz was absorbed (i.e. bought out) by Philips (also known as Magnavox in North America). Quality control has since taken a dive...pity.

Denon is another company altogether.

Denon seems to be getting a lot of press here, but it's hard to beat good gear with an affordable price.. Yes, I too own the 3802.. No complaints.. Got it off 6thAVE.com when they were going for $700..
Is your theater system 5.1, 6.1 ? If 5.1, take a look at the Outlaw 1050.. Lot of stuff going on there for on $500.. I am the classic 'buyers remorse' type, and have wondered from time time if I should have gone 5 point oh? Two less surrounds, couple hun less for the AVR.. But, I soon forget all about that, when the house is rockin' with some slam bam action flick !! (Even when you forget to turn the subs back on! More on that later, over in the Home Theater forum)
This receiver was a step up from me from a Kenwood Pro Logic unit..
Yes, easy to set up, no big deal there.. FYI: The onscreen set up display for the Denon runs thru the S-vidio and/or composite, not the componet out..
I believe I 'will' be looking at a dual mono block setup for the M80 mains, for stereo music application.. I know there are more sounds inside those beauties, just waiting for me to find, and I've always wanted to get into tube amps..

Quote:

I believe I 'will' be looking at a dual mono block setup for the M80 mains, for stereo music application.. and I've always wanted to get into tube amps..
--

Mikey:

I'm interested in knowing what you have in mind, or what's available, tube amps that drive 4 ohms in mono application. I'm having a terrible time finding something affordable!

OGS20, sorry, I was in a bit of a hurry when I typed that out.. I would like to have 'either' a couple of high power transistor mono blocks, or a big fat stereo tube set.. Sorry, but I'm still collecting data and details on this myself, and have not attempted to sort out prices as yet.. I've always heard great things about tube sets and their warm sounds, about time to take the next step up..

In reply to:

---

FYI: The onscreen set up display for the Denon runs thru the S-vidio and/or composite, not the componet out..

---

The Pioneer 45TX does the same. No on-screen display via the component out! I thought mine was defective until I read all the fine-prints in the manual.

Possibly some cheap mono blocks.....

For solid state mono blocks: $550 for 2 mono blocks

http://www.ird-thailand.com/products/mb100/mb100.htm

For tube mono blocks: $250 and up for two monoblocks

http://www.divertech.com/antiquesl.html#STEREO

Saturn:

Thanks for the suggestions. I actually have looked at the ASL amps. I'm just not sure how those tiny amps will match with the M80s, or how well I'll like them. I unfortunately think I will NOT like them -- I like my music loud

Which leads me to this, I will probably need amps with a "moderate" power level. ASL makes those amps, but those are 2000 USD per pair instead of 250 ...