Help me Compare Receivers

[captjamo]

Thanks all for the help,

captjamo your logic on price/feature ratio is valid and that is where I am at right now. As mentioned in an earlier post on this thread I am not unsatisfied with my Denon, and have learned its quirks however the new A/V receivers have stepped up their game and really are on par with another.

I guess what I want is a receiver that has:

Onkyo's TX-SR905 Silicon Optix HQV chip for video scaling
Pioneer's 94TXH Black piano finish
Denon's 3808CI GUI/Networking, Audyssey Setup
Yamaha's RXV3800 power 140W per channel output

All have pretty similar audio decoding capabilities and unfortunately I can only sample the Yammy and the Elite.

That is what I want. I can get it too. For 6,000.00 to 8,000.00. Aaaaand that won't be happening. But if I was to win the lottery I would head straight for an Anthem AV processor (studio quality Genum video chipset) then maybe to PS Audio for 5 channels of pure cool running/power saving class D power. Oouch! Uuh, that was me getting slapped back to reality.

[captjamo]

It was in the Magnolia part. They had a 3808,2808 and another Denon.
A Yamaha 3800 and a 1800.
A Pio 92 and a 94.

Aright, Shok I get it now. In the Magnolia upscale store within a store concept. Perhaps I should get out more, hmm. Thanks for setting me straight.

[captjamo]

In the mid eighties I bought a pioneer integrated amp, ten watts per channel.

It was one of the last "real" pieces of gear pioneer came out with, it became my backup for receiver failure, had it twenty years, worked till the end.
A FRIEND DUG A SX-90 OUTTA A DUMPSTER sold it to me for ten bucks,
during hard times I used as a main receiver , sounded great.
As did my Pioneer turntable, the last turntablle I walked into a store and purchased,
spent most of the eighties with that one.
You like your elite, fine, but in build q and overall q compared to their older stuff its a piece of doo, pure and simple.
But dont fret, most dont build like they used to

Can't disagree with you Pix. I had these Pioneer 3-way bookshelf speakers in 78' with these ridiculous 70's cheesy looking plastic grills on them but they were built like a tank and played very good. Drov'em with a Pio integrated amp 50w CH also built like a tank. I bet that amp is in somebody's auto repair shop blasting to this day. Yup.

[GMichael]

Can't disagree with you Pix. I had these Pioneer 3-way bookshelf speakers in 78' with these ridiculous 70's cheesy looking plastic grills on them but they were built like a tank and played very good. Drov'em with a Pio integrated amp 50w CH also built like a tank. I bet that amp is in somebody's auto repair shop blasting to this day. Yup.

I had a pair of Pioneer speakers from this same time frame. Too big to be called bookshelf, but too small to be called towers. There were called Project 100A's. Drove them with a 25 watt Panasonic receiver that had a built in 8-track player/recorder. Sounded amazingly good.

[captjamo]

In the mid eighties I bought a pioneer integrated amp, ten watts per channel.

It was one of the last "real" pieces of gear pioneer came out with, it became my backup for receiver failure, had it twenty years, worked till the end.
A FRIEND DUG A SX-90 OUTTA A DUMPSTER sold it to me for ten bucks,
during hard times I used as a main receiver , sounded great.
As did my Pioneer turntable, the last turntablle I walked into a store and purchased,
spent most of the eighties with that one.
You like your elite, fine, but in build q and overall q compared to their older stuff its a piece of doo, pure and simple.
But dont fret, most dont build like they used to

Can't disagree with you Pix. I had these Pioneer 3-way bookshelf speakers in 78' with these ridiculous 70's cheesy looking plastic grills on them but they were built like a tank and played very good. Drov'em with a Pio integrated amp 50w CH also built like a tank. I bet that amp is in somebody's auto repair shop blasting to this day. Yup.

[captjamo]

I had a pair of Pioneer speakers from this same time frame. Too big to be called bookshelf, but too small to be called towers. There were called Project 100A's. Drove them with a 25 watt Panasonic receiver that had a built in 8-track player/recorder. Sounded amazingly good.

That sounds right GM. Poco, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Pablo Cruise, Commodores, and last but definitely not least, the Eagles spinning on the turntable. Yes, those really were the days.

[shokhead]

Didn't mean to imply you did. Only pointed out why there was a misunderstanding and offered a solution.

It's not cheap in that part for sure.