Denon avr-3805

[sunster]

Hi all,

I have an offer for a used DENON AVR-3805 in excellent condition. I want to upgrade from my Marantz NR-1501. How do you think they both compare. Of course Denons are not known for their musicality. The Marantz is very musical but underpowered. Would the Denon Hi End AVR-3805 match up with the Marantz NR-1501. The Denon has an output of 120W RMS @ 8ohms (7.1ch) and the Marantz has a 50W RMS output at 8ohms (7.1ch). I feel the DENON would be better for my Paradigm monitor 9s 150W Power rating vs the Marantz's 50w/ch which I feel is really underpowered. But how much better would it be musically is the qn. Any comments?

Thanx

Sunny

 

[spirovious]

Denon 3805 is powerful than 1501 & you may not enjoy this marantz.For small room 10 X 12,mar is good.you need highend AVR.

 

[sunster]

I'm sorry but I did not understand what yu meant.

 

[spirovious]

In short Denon is better in terms of Power,but feature wise Marantz is better.
Now choice is yours.Still for larger room Denon will be good.You can enjoy HD-aud with it by connecting 5.1 analoge input.

If you need less cables,then marantz with HDMI,3D ready is all in one simple solution.
By noway to confuse you,but sharing pros & cons.

Whats your thinking?

 

[michael]

Looking for Filters.

Looking for any small amount of Marata 10.7 MHz - 80 KHz filters to replace the wide 230 khz ones I have in a old Sony tuner anyone any ideas of where I can get these. Michael MBR UK.

 

[chuckerst]

Did you by any chance have that 3805 bi-amped? I am trying to accomplish that and the stupid RC-969 remote won't let me into the zone three setting-I have read forums on how to do it but one step requires using the Denon remote-I have used a Harmony but can't figure it out. Just wondered-I love my 3805 for music by the way-and I'm a picky musician/live sound tech!