Quote Originally Posted by wasch_24
When I brought my 1400 home I noticed the same 'Brightness'.

Once I ran the auto setup using the YPAO and microphone, the receiver automatically adjusted everything and the sound quality improvement was off the cahrt. The YPAO is a very impressive feature on the Yamahas
Wasch - yes that is a great feature. The new Denon 3805 will have this feature on it ..... but it will also cost a bunch more then the now outdated 3803.

Sometimes we are so limited as to what we can really do in the demo store. Listen to yammie and denon on the same speakers, recievers both set to flat so as to hear the native output of the receiver to the speakers.
Certainly if you get a yammie, run the YPAO and take advantage.