Quote Originally Posted by kexodusc
One last comment...don't Denon's new models (ie: avr-3805) have an equivalent to YPAO?
If so, that makes the decision much harder. That 3805 looks like one super receiver.
Kexodusc - yep, the Denon 3805 has the equivalent to YPAO built into
it.

I got my new 3805 last week IT IS S W E E T !!!!!!!!!!!

While I have not 'tuned' my system yet I am enjoying it AS IS !!!
So far the ONLY thing I've done was to connect the exsisting speakers to the 3805, pluged it in and turned it on. The system - out of the box - is increditable ..... sounds like a totally new system to me

I have the new speakers (arrived in the store Friday past) .... they are yet to be installed .. I have to run wires etc. I have to be out on business until week after next so it's gonna be a couple more weeks before I get any experience with this total system.

I am really looking forward to having it all installed and tuned. I changed my mind from a Denon 3803 to the 3805 just for this function. Since the Denon 3805 is a new model there was no markdown on it from the dealer. HOWEVER, since I bought a 5 speaker set at the same time, I did get a 10% markdown on the total package.

Since I haven't run this function yet, I can't really comment on how much change may result. However I do anticipate that it will be much improved over a wonderful sound that I already have. One of the reasons that I'm anticipating an improvement has to do with a lot of the comments posted on this very subject.

Room accoustics, I would never presume that I could tun a system the way that this function built into the system can .... EVEN if the system had the capability to allow for it (which it doesn't). I have some higher freqs that have sorta strong reflections on one side of the room. I am counting on this function to fix that for me, and in general set all of the freq responses for all 6 channels for me :-) and do it in about 15 minutes totat. Plus my learning cure on how to set it up.

NOW THEN, once done, I'll move the setup mike over to one listening postion, perform the function. Then listen from various positions, move the mike, re-run the function ..... listen from various positions again, and again. I anticipate that I'll do this about 7 or 8 times over the course of about a week. After which time I am sure that I'll have the most optimal tunning that I can get for the two primary listening postions.

You would do this if you had to MANUALLY tune each channel (at about 1.5 hour/channels).