Denon 1312/1612 or Onkyo TX-309/TX509 Help Me Experts

[buzz]

Floks,

Help me out to find the real and best AVR.

I am looking for an AVR which will be using for 50% Music and 50% Movie. I love great clarity and tight deep bass. Please help me from choosing the below listed one.

Denon 1312
Denon 1612
Onkyo TX SR 309
Onkyo TX NR 609

Do any of these need Step down Transformers?
Availability in Chennai? And what will be the best Price?

 

[Calvin]

What's your budget? What speakers you have or will buy?

Denon 1312 should be around 18-19K and 1612 is around 25K. You won't be needing a step down if you buy it from India.

Profx, Grand Cinema and Cressida AV Zone deals with Denon receivers. No idea about Onkyo.

 

[baijuxavior]

Did you mean Onkyo 509 or 609? Stick to the higher models 1612 or 509 if you can afford them.

 

[iaudio]

Buzz, depends on what kind of sources/ media you will be using it with!
If using just one cable for audio and video and routing everything through your avr is an objective, you need an avr which can do hd audio decoding. The lower models most probably wont do that. Onkyo 509 does hd audio decoding iirc. The Denon 1912 does, I am not sure about 1612.

 

[baijuxavior]

Buzz, depends on what kind of sources/ media you will be using it with!
If using just one cable for audio and video and routing everything through your avr is an objective, you need an avr which can do hd audio decoding. The lower models most probably wont do that. Onkyo 509 does hd audio decoding iirc. The Denon 1912 does, I am not sure about 1612.

Denon 1312 and 1612 does decode HD audio. Denon 1612 has preout to make it 7.1.

 

[saj2001ind]

What's your budget? What speakers you have or will buy?

Denon 1312 should be around 18-19K and 1612 is around 25K. You won't be needing a step down if you buy it from India.

Profx, Grand Cinema and Cressida AV Zone deals with Denon receivers. No idea about Onkyo.

the prices are all changed buddy

1312 will come around 22-25 and 1612 around 30-32

would sugest to get 1612 for some of its advanced features and you will need 5.1 speakers also with it...with 1312 there is a HTiB 1312XP which you can get for around 30K with 5.1 speakers

 

[iaudio]

Baiju, Thanks for correcting me!

 

[saj2001ind]

Denon 1312 and 1612 does decode HD audio. Denon 1612 has preout to make it 7.1.

even 1312 has pre out to make it 7.1 by adding a amplifier to it

 

[Calvin]

the prices are all changed buddy

1312 will come around 22-25 and 1612 around 30-32

would sugest to get 1612 for some of its advanced features and you will need 5.1 speakers also with it...with 1312 there is a HTiB 1312XP which you can get for around 30K with 5.1 speakers

Ohh!! I got the price a month back, so didn't know the prices have been changed. Thanks for the info.

 

[baijuxavior]

even 1312 has pre out to make it 7.1 by adding a amplifier to it

That is new news for me. Thanks.

 

[saj2001ind]

That is new news for me. Thanks.

buddy on a side note, seems you have reliance DTH HD, do you get 5.1 dolby with HDMI ? or with optical or coaxial cable ?

 

[baijuxavior]

buddy on a side note, seems you have reliance DTH HD, do you get 5.1 dolby with HDMI ? or with optical or coaxial cable ?

No 5.1 over hdmi or spdif.

 

[saj2001ind]

No 5.1 over hdmi or spdif.

wow thats horrible, and they advertise 7.1 dolby

why not write directly to mr ambani and tell him to stop fooling customers and give a reference to this forum .. he would be enlightened for sure :d

at least Airtel does 5.1 DD on optical which is a huge difference compared to normal 2 channels, watching ra one now with 5.1 DD