Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Reciever quandry

I'm going to go with the epic grand master speakers less the sub..buying piece meal starting with the m22ti's. I thought I was settled on the denon 2805 but I've spent the day going from store to store looking for the best deal.

yamaha rx-v3300 for 630 no box demo
Marantz 7300 for 659 demo w/ box
Denon 2805 for 699 new
yammy v2400 for 795 new

90% movies 10% music>>70's 80's rock

All from authorized dealers so no warranty issues.

I'm torn mainly due to money issues ie the less I spend on a receiver the faster I can afford the speakers.

Help!!!

Personally, I'd go with the Denon, but that may be because I own one. I'm sure the other recievers are fine pieces of equipment, but my vote goes to the Denon. Great build quality, plenty of power, and looks pretty good in my opinion too.

I second the Denon vote........... I also own one and love it!

I third the Denon vote, I went back and forth for months from Yamaha to Elites to Denon, I was driving myself crazy reading all of the biased opinions on AVSforum. Anyway, I called Axiom and talked to Joe, Brent, and one other person (can't remember) over a period of a month while trying to determine which speakers to go with, they all gave high praise to the Denon/Axiom combination. Anyway, I've had my 2805 and Axiom's for a few weeks now, and believe me, for someone that has a musical background, I am so impressed each time I listen to music/movies that I can't get this smile off of my face. In addition, my father used to be a professional singer. He was on the Ed Sullivan show back in 59 along with his buddy Steve Lawrence. He was over the other day listening to various CD's in his collection, and he was amazed at the detail/clarity of this combination, you could close your eyes and feel like the artist was right there in the room with you.

Randy

Since all you guys own denons. I haven't been able to truly play around with one, does it have trouble picking up digital audio when you change channels on dig cable? Got to play with an hk 630 and took it off my list due to the 2 to 3 second delays.

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does it have trouble picking up digital audio when you change channels on dig cable?

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My 3805 has zero trouble with it. There is zero delay.

I have heard about some HK's having that delay issue, I don't think the other brands have that problem. My 2805 automatically senses the incoming signal and changes appropriately, of cours you can override this if you decide to use some of the other DSP modes or pro logic IIx ability.

Let me fourth? the Denon. Excellent equipment and it does what it's supposed to do without quirks.

I have a Yam RXV-2200 (previous iteration of the 2400) and really like it - it also auto senses incoming signals. I would recommend the Yamaha (even though I haven't heard it with Axioms yet, still mulling over the speaker upgrade), however, it's the more expensive on the list and personally I wouldn't buy a demo receiver. So, that kinda narrows it down to the Denon.

Joe

$699 for a new 2805 is not a bad deal by any stretch of the imagination. It normally sells for $895 in retail stores and in the 600-695 range on the refurbished authorized online etailers. I paid $720 recently from an authorized local retailer and I thought that was good...Go for it big guy.