Denon 1610 or Yamaha 365 with Polk?

[lalurox]

Hi there,

Please help me in choosing an AVR. My shortlisted ones are either:

1.Denon 1610 (Denon USA | AVR-1610) or
2.Yamaha 365 (RX-V365 - AV Receivers/Amplifiers - Products - Yamaha Asia / Middle East / Africa / Oceania / Latin America)

I would use it with Polk tsi200 bookshelf speakers (Polk Audio - TSi Series Loudspeakers) and one polk PSW110 subwoofer (Polk Audio - PSW Series Explosive Performance of Movies and Music).

I am not too much into movies. I want something focused on english music primarily and occasionaly DVD action movies.

Prices in bangalore:

Denon 1610 (Silver colour) + Polk tsi 200 and polk sub PSW110 = 49000 Rs
Yamaha 365 = 16500 Rs

My doubts are:

1.Are the prices which i got competitive? Is there room for bargaining?

2.With musical performance desired, will the yamaha sound as good as the Denon?

3. What are the features that i will be missing if i choose the Yamaha over Denon?

4. Any disadvantages if i buy the silver colour denon like fading or something ? As the black is costlier by 3k more

The total difference between denon and yamaha package will be 8k.

Thanks in advance,
Lalu

 

[spirovious]

Denon goes well with polk spks.

 

[ashishkesarwani]

If you are more inclined towards music listining then why don't you buy an integrated amp instead of an AVR. Whereas if you are planning to build yourself a theatre setup then its ok.

An AVR whether Denon or Yahama could never do justice to music listining whereas a Stereo Integrated might do wonders with the same expenditure.