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Originally Posted by plissken99
Well, unless Denon makes a reciever with Reon, I'm stuck. Normally I don't believe in brand loyalty, but Denon rules in audio.
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I use seperates and the Integra DTC-9.8 (made by Onkyo) is amazing. It blows my previous Parasound AVC-2500 out of the water on music, movies, everything. And it has a featureset that cannot be beat. Plus it does fantastic work on all of my video sources with the Reon chipset, making everything look great upscaled and deinterlaced perfectly to 1080p. My A35 now looks as good as the XA2 with DVD thanks to the DTC-9.8.
IMO Onkyo/Integra hit a homerun this year and is far ahead of all the other CE companies including Denon. Show me a Denon receiver that has nextgen decoding + Reon + Audyssey MultiEQ XT + awesome sound for under $1300 like the Onkyo 875. Just because Denon costs more doesn't mean its better (see Bose for example), and the new Onkyos have got rave reviews from virtually everyone.
Being product smart is better than being brand loyal. And while Denon does rule, this year Onkyo rules more. This is coming from a former Denon owner (AVR-3200) who exclusively recommended Denon in the past for A/V receivers; this year, I am recommending exclusively Onkyo because they have very clearly bested Denon.
Spending $350 on an XA2 is a waste when you can upgrade your audio and on top of that virtually convert your A2 into an XA2 with the Onkyo 875. Not to mention the 875 will fix up all your other video sources too, while the XA2 just does DVD. Plus on top of that the 875's Reon can give you better performance on you BD player, too! Much better idea to save up for the 875 instead IMO.