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Originally Posted by Pirate
That’s my thinking, but I don’t want to buy a piece of equipment that cut corners in order to be cheap. But no one can really tell me why the Denon or Marantz are better, just that they assume they are. That's not a good enough reason to spend $700 more, in my opinion.  |
The Onkyo line does not cut corners to be cheap exactly, they just progressively add features that cost more.
i.e.
buying the 705 over the 605 gets you the same more advanced DSP found in the 805/875/905
buying the 805 over the 705 gets you a beefier and better power supply
buying the 875 over the 805 gets you Reon upconversion instead of the much crappier DCDi found in 805 and below
buying the 905 over the 875 gets you an even more refined power supply
My vote goes to the Onkyo 875, by the way. Its worth the extra cash for the Reon to upconvert & deinterlace not only DVD all your SD & HD interlaced sources. And Amazon has it for just a few bucks over $1000 currently.