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Originally Posted by tomdkat
After a bit, I asked to switch to the Denon and they did. The bass I was hearing disappeared and I was left with midrange and highs. With the Pioneer, whatever sub was connected WAS working as some drum beats caused the sides of the TV frame to vibrate a bit. With the Denon, none of that occured almost as if the sub was disconnected or turned off or something. The person in the room said when they switched, they switched surround speakers but not the fronts.
The Denon sounded great as well. When I got up to at the settings on each receiver, the Pioneer was set to "EXT. Stereo", which means it was using the external decoder (or the analog inputs from something) and I think it was in a stereo mode. The Denon was set to a "dts surround" mode. I'm not sure if this, alone, accounted for the difference I heard or if it was simply a difference in the receivers. I plan to go back and see if I can get a movie demo on both receivers so I can see how they sound with their decoders in action.
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Well, I finally got to audition a Denon AVR-3808CI at a Magnolia store (standalone, not in a BestBuy) the other night. The salesman put on the dts #9 demo DVD and we watched a
Master and Commander clip. Damn, it sounded GREAT! It's been so long since I've heard my old Pioneer Elite receiver in action that I didn't have a strong reference point but in general, I didn't hear anything that made the Denon "stand out" from what I remember my Pioneer receiver sounding like. I mean other than the demo room having more speakers for a better surround experience.
I still haven't replaced my receiver yet but I hope to do so later this year.
Peace...