Yamaha RX V1400

[crane0271]

After some great advice, and a great price I chose to buy a Denon AVR 1082. Tweeter.com had it for $490. They confirmed my order on Friday, and then emailed me a cancellation notice today...no big deal.

Back to the drawing board.

After reading several other threads, I am considering the Yamaha 1400. The prices at the authorized dealers are somewhere around $150 - $200 higher than some of the other retailers. I understand that in order to get the warranty you must buy from an authorized e-tailer. Should I save the $200 or spend the extra money for the warranty?

[uncooked]

personally i would get the waranty. for 200 bucks its not that much. the 1400 is fairly expensive so 200 now is alot less then loosing 800 + in the future

i would just sleep better knowing that. im sure you would to. work a bit of overtime and you will have the 200 in no time

[phillyguy]

Crane,

Sorry you missed out on that deal for the Denon . I ordered mine 12/31, and got a noticed that it shipped 1/03. It still hasn't shown up on UPS tracking, although Tweeter assures me it has shipped. I will be bummed if I get a cancellation letter...price was too good to pass up. I will keep my eyes open and let you know if I find another deal.

I struggled with whether or not to buy from an authorized dealer. I hate the price difference, but I have had audio equipment break, and would hate to have a warranty refused on an expensive piece of equipment. There is a lot to be said about being able to return a broken unit locally, instead of having to pack it back up and ship it.

Phillyguy

[brian_tr]

I to have deciced to go with my local store. They have done good by me for several years. Getting it for $699 + tax. Should be in today. Still trying to decide on a DVD. Think I am going to go ahead and get the Panasonic Model DVDF85S. Looks like a good unit for $134.

[crane0271]

I have a local Denon dealer that has a 2803 for $699. Any drawbacks to this choice...it seems to have most of the features I'm looking for (no front A/V plugs, though and only 90W per). I am beginnig to warm to the idea of the local dealer just in case I need repairs.

[r0n]

Funny.... I started to look for my side surround speakers event though I have 5.1 receiver. I was going to use the rear preout using my carver amp. Well while researching speakers I cam accross a great article on the rx-v1400. As I started researching more and read more about the product. My mouth started to drool because of the features and mainly the price. Does almost what a $3000 receiver does for only +/- $600.

I just ordered mine for $579.00 shipped insured. Right when I called the sales person told me this is a factory new receiver but since they are not a authorized dealer they cannot honor the warrant but.... if I buy the 3 year extended warranty for $49 then I can take it to any authorized dealer for repair. I asked if I can purchase the warranty in 2 weeks and he said yes they actually sell the warranty buy itself for $49. So for $630 you can have a receiver with a 3 year warranty and that includes insured shipping.

-R

[Woochifer]

After some great advice, and a great price I chose to buy a Denon AVR 1082. Tweeter.com had it for $490. They confirmed my order on Friday, and then emailed me a cancellation notice today...no big deal.

Back to the drawing board.

After reading several other threads, I am considering the Yamaha 1400. The prices at the authorized dealers are somewhere around $150 - $200 higher than some of the other retailers. I understand that in order to get the warranty you must buy from an authorized e-tailer. Should I save the $200 or spend the extra money for the warranty?

See what kind of deal you can negotiate with a local dealer. I got my Yamaha (also $800 MSRP) for under $600 at a local authorized store, so that came with the dealer and the warranty (still working flawlessly three years later, so I didn't need the warranty). Doubt you'll be able to go that far down since the RX-V1400 is relatively new, but once Denon's AVR-3805 begins shipping (it also has a parametric room calibration feature), you'll have some more bargaining leverage.