Quote Originally Posted by L.J.
Ok, I'm gonna be picking up the 91 Elite this weekend. I'll give the 2700 another week or so and then give the Elite the same amount of time. Not trying to drop $1599 on the 3808 so that's out. Onkyo freakin' screwed up so their out as well as Integra. Not sure how much of a difference there will be between the 2700 and 1800/2800, so it looks like I'm down to my last 2 choices unless I start looking at higher quality gear.
ROFLMAO!
LJ I went through this same thing 3 or 4 years ago after my Marantz units died.
I had at one point in my home a Denon, NAD, H/K, and Yammie receiver (the ol' 1400).
In the end the NAD was the best sounding to me, but wasn't worth the $800 extra beans for significantly less features, and barely sounded better than the others.. I didn't really like the H/K's sound, the other 3 were pretty much equal there surprisingly - with a slight nod to the NAD's better power. The Denon and Yammie sounded the same to me.

If you can't find a receiver where you're looking, I'm going to have to suggest Arcam and Rotel, with NAD a distant 3rd. These 3 are the best a/v receivers I've heard, in that order. More money, less features (not sure about the HDMI though), but dude you're running out of options.

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