Hades
Distinguished Member
Hi,
If anyone has seen any of my other posts in the receivers forum, you will know I am having a decision making nightmare at the moment (which as nearly come to an 'abrupt can't be bothered' end).
I have been advised by a dealer (not from these forums) that the Arcam will be far superior than any of the new receivers from the likes of Denon/Onkyo/Yamaha that are full of bells and whistles. He has said if I listened to the same demo disk on all these players, that none of them can compete with the sound performance the AVR350 can produce.
My problem has been with the Arcam not having on board decoding for the likes of DD+, DD TrueHD and DTS HD. But as the dealer says and also a very good forum member on here ... Any decent quality high def player will have a set of multi-channel analogue outputs which can be connected to the AVR350 and allow playback of these formats through the AVR350.
I know I am rambling on here but what I am trying to ask is... does anyone have the AVR350 currently connected up to say the likes of the Toshiba EP35 or EX1? Does it sound jaw dropping? Are you blow away by the sound?
If I push the boat out and ignore the Denon 3808/Yamaha 3800/Onkyo 905/Marantz SR8002... and blow my budget on the AVR350, will this last me for say a good 5 years?
Also at the moment I just have 2 HDMI devices, which suits the AVR350 fine. But what do I do if I purchase another device with HDMI? Its a high probability that I will have 2 DVD players along with SKY HD in the near future.
If this is the right bit of kit to buy and a premium price for me... then I would certainly go down this route after a demo (and if I was blown away) as the dealer says I will.
Any owners who can advise and clear a few things up from my questions would be very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Gazza.
If anyone has seen any of my other posts in the receivers forum, you will know I am having a decision making nightmare at the moment (which as nearly come to an 'abrupt can't be bothered' end).
I have been advised by a dealer (not from these forums) that the Arcam will be far superior than any of the new receivers from the likes of Denon/Onkyo/Yamaha that are full of bells and whistles. He has said if I listened to the same demo disk on all these players, that none of them can compete with the sound performance the AVR350 can produce.
My problem has been with the Arcam not having on board decoding for the likes of DD+, DD TrueHD and DTS HD. But as the dealer says and also a very good forum member on here ... Any decent quality high def player will have a set of multi-channel analogue outputs which can be connected to the AVR350 and allow playback of these formats through the AVR350.
I know I am rambling on here but what I am trying to ask is... does anyone have the AVR350 currently connected up to say the likes of the Toshiba EP35 or EX1? Does it sound jaw dropping? Are you blow away by the sound?
If I push the boat out and ignore the Denon 3808/Yamaha 3800/Onkyo 905/Marantz SR8002... and blow my budget on the AVR350, will this last me for say a good 5 years?
Also at the moment I just have 2 HDMI devices, which suits the AVR350 fine. But what do I do if I purchase another device with HDMI? Its a high probability that I will have 2 DVD players along with SKY HD in the near future.
If this is the right bit of kit to buy and a premium price for me... then I would certainly go down this route after a demo (and if I was blown away) as the dealer says I will.
Any owners who can advise and clear a few things up from my questions would be very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Gazza.