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Well I am from Maine which wasn't all that far away.

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Well I am from Maine which wasn't all that far away.

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You heard the Brunswickers talking through the fence eh?

Sony ES stuff seems relatively nice, especially their high end players. Remember that sony is mainly the one doing all this SACD and cd stuff so they know what theyre doing. Good chance theres sony parts in the onkyo and yamaha's.

I figured the player would be decent. My concern was more with the receiver from Sony.

I voted Yamaha to break the tie.
I really don't know why since i own Onkyo myself. Coin flips.

Curious to know if the Yamaha voters think it's worth the extra $180 for the Yammy gear over the Onkyo stuff. Or didn't anyone notice the price difference? Just wondering.

the sony dvp-777es is a great unit-a friend of mine has it and it has a nice alluminum face on it seems to be built very well and has a great on screen display.....ron

I did not vote because I have read about way too many problems with these DVD players. I still say go with Denon.

I noticed the price difference Spiff...I voted for Onkyo. Solid products resonably priced in my mind. Sony receivers scare me. Mine broke three times on me. That was enough of that.

Poll #2
Sony ES
STR-DA3000ES - receiver
DVP-NC555ES - DVD/SACD player
$1215
Onkyo
TX-SR701 - receiver
DV-SP800 - universal player
$1250
Yamaha
RXV-1400 - receiver
S-2300 - universal player
$1430

I had an Onkyo 797 THX receiver, a Sony STRDB1070, but have no experience with Yamaha receivers. The Onkyo is real world much more powerful than the Sony, although both are rated at similar outputs. That having been said, I actually preferred the Sony. I like its DSP modes, its flexibility, especially in terms of cross over settings. At the end, I used the Sony with 3 Onkyo 2 channel amps which more than made up for its lack of power. Short version, IMO, the processor section of the Sony is superior to the Onkyo. The amp section of the Onkyo is superior.

Now, my Sony wasn't an ES series unit. I'd guess the Sony you're looking at has a substantially better output section than the 1070 did.

I think the Sony is more musical than the 797. I've heard the new Integra DTC 9.4 processor with an Axiom set up, driven by an enormous ATI multichannel amp, and that was very musical. If the new 701 has more in common with the DTC 9.4 than with the 797 then it would be a different story.

Anyway, extrapolating from apples to oranges is fun. Good luck.