Denon 3803 vs. Onkyo 800

mhw58
mhw58 Posts: 359
edited October 2003 in Electronics
I currently have an ONKYO 595 receiver for my HT setup.
I'm thinking of upgrading to either an Onkyo 701 or 800,
or the Denon 3803. I split my listening between music
and movies and I listen to a lot of 5:1 music. I'm also
thinking of getting a universal sacd/dvd player.
I've read some reviews that say Denon is better for music
than Onkyo. Any opinions on this would be helpful.
Does anyone own either the Onkyo or Denon universal
sacd/dvd player?
Thanks, Mike
Fronts: SDA1C's
Rears: SDA2's
Center:CS400i
Sub: PSW505
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,208
    edited October 2003
    Your in good hands with Denon......

    I would choose the Denon avr3803.They also have a sweet DVD player in the dvd2900,it's Progressive/SACD/DVD AUIDO etc etc etc.

    Denon and Polk rt series go together really well.Alot of guys areound here use Denon....all happy.

    Dan
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • bigsexy1
    bigsexy1 Posts: 557
    edited October 2003
    I concur with Dan on this one.
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  • malikarshad
    malikarshad Posts: 527
    edited October 2003
    Go with the denon avr-3803 & dvd-2900. I own both of them and i'm very happy with it. I had onkyo tsr-600 before i upgrade to denon receiver. In my opinion & few others here denon receiver sounds good with the polk rti's. Onkyo was kind of little bright for me.
    You can't go wrong with denon.

    Speakers=>Salk Soundscape 8, Soundscape Center,Surrounds-Dali Rubicon LCR, Lsi7
    PreAmp, Amp => Marantz AV8801, ATI 6007 amp, Oppo HA-1 DAC
    Source => Sonore MicroRendu, Oppo BDP-103, Mede8er 600XD, Dune HD Smart D1, Synology DS1813+(16TB)
    Sub - JTR Captivator S2 (Dual 18")
    Power - Furman IT-Ref20i on dedicated 30Amp circuit with Furutech GTX-R outlet
    Screen=> JVC RS-45 projector Da-Lite HP 133" 2.35
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  • mhw58
    mhw58 Posts: 359
    edited October 2003
    Thanks for the opinions. How do the RT's sound compared to
    the SDA's?
    Mike
    Fronts: SDA1C's
    Rears: SDA2's
    Center:CS400i
    Sub: PSW505
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