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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.  |
Are you assuming the Onkyo is cheap? Are you assuming the Denon/Marantz aren't? Many of us have to
assume at one point if you/we cannot demo the stuff you are interested in. You want someone to tell you 'why' A is better than 'B' and by your own concerns, that is fruitless since it's all personal and probably biased and definitely assumptions (to a degree).
I'm not trying to bust your balls Pirate, honest man. But at some point you have to make a call on what others have said from their potentially biased views if you cannot demo said receivers.
Life is fun, take a chance and buy the damn Onkyo (I too was looking at the 875 Ruined suggested)
(my 'dickness' is not intentional and
EDITED: FAWK! I hate posting so late when replies have been made that I haven't seen!)