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Background story;
I wonder if some of the users on here can help and offer some advice, ive been getting the upgrade bug just months after buying the Denon avr x2500 i previously had the Yamaha rxa 1070 (2017 model) before this, but just a month or so after purchase it developed a fault which caused the unit to trip into protection mode and not come out maybe i was just unfortunate as i bought the Yamaha on the basis of its reliability record, as it was still practically brand new i was able to get a refund and get the denon x2500 as at that point i thought to myself why not take this opportunity to try a different brand.
Denon vs Yamaha;
Yamaha...
So moving on to what my subjective thoughts are on the performance of the Denon and the Yamaha, ill start with the Yamaha as this was my first av receiver, i found the Yamaha to be an excellent performer the build quality was top notch and the features was more than i needed another plus was the music performance of the Yamaha in 2 channel listening which surprised me if I'm being honest it was quite good considering it was an av receiver, however were the Yamaha failed to impress me was its inability with dialogue particularly when watching movies, don't get me wrong the overall performance was powerful with a very open sound stage with good steering of effects around the surround channels but the dialogue just seemed to get lost in the sound track no matter what sound mode i had it in, but overall i was very impressed with the Yamaha 1070 and i wouldn't write off ever getting another Yamaha.
Denon...
So moving on to the Denon what are my subjective thoughts now living with it for over 3 months, well in a nut shell I'm very impressed indeed, i found the Denon to be very expressive with an open sound stage and offer a very powerful presentation and most of all the dialogue has been crystal clear and has been able to keep up with the most demanding of movie sound tracks, however were the Denon has failed to impress me has been in 2 channel listening for me it just lacks that something, not bad but not as good as i would like it to be comparing it with the Yamaha maybe its not fair to compare this to the Yamaha as its lower down the av receiver food chain but in the interest of fairness when comparing the two this would be my hang up in regards to the Denon, but overall I'm seriously impressed by the Denon's overall performance.
The big question;
So this leads me on to the question considering all what i have said should i upgrade to either the Marantz sr6012 being that its part of the same company and shares the same build as the Denon but tuned better for music listening as i understand it or should i upgrade to the Yamaha flagship model as on both units can be had for a real good price at the moment this has been my dilemma for the past week any thoughts welcome.
Room size = 5m x 5m
Speakers = full 5.1.2 Dali zensor range
Subwoofer = Svs PB 1000
Background story;
I wonder if some of the users on here can help and offer some advice, ive been getting the upgrade bug just months after buying the Denon avr x2500 i previously had the Yamaha rxa 1070 (2017 model) before this, but just a month or so after purchase it developed a fault which caused the unit to trip into protection mode and not come out maybe i was just unfortunate as i bought the Yamaha on the basis of its reliability record, as it was still practically brand new i was able to get a refund and get the denon x2500 as at that point i thought to myself why not take this opportunity to try a different brand.
Denon vs Yamaha;
Yamaha...
So moving on to what my subjective thoughts are on the performance of the Denon and the Yamaha, ill start with the Yamaha as this was my first av receiver, i found the Yamaha to be an excellent performer the build quality was top notch and the features was more than i needed another plus was the music performance of the Yamaha in 2 channel listening which surprised me if I'm being honest it was quite good considering it was an av receiver, however were the Yamaha failed to impress me was its inability with dialogue particularly when watching movies, don't get me wrong the overall performance was powerful with a very open sound stage with good steering of effects around the surround channels but the dialogue just seemed to get lost in the sound track no matter what sound mode i had it in, but overall i was very impressed with the Yamaha 1070 and i wouldn't write off ever getting another Yamaha.
Denon...
So moving on to the Denon what are my subjective thoughts now living with it for over 3 months, well in a nut shell I'm very impressed indeed, i found the Denon to be very expressive with an open sound stage and offer a very powerful presentation and most of all the dialogue has been crystal clear and has been able to keep up with the most demanding of movie sound tracks, however were the Denon has failed to impress me has been in 2 channel listening for me it just lacks that something, not bad but not as good as i would like it to be comparing it with the Yamaha maybe its not fair to compare this to the Yamaha as its lower down the av receiver food chain but in the interest of fairness when comparing the two this would be my hang up in regards to the Denon, but overall I'm seriously impressed by the Denon's overall performance.
The big question;
So this leads me on to the question considering all what i have said should i upgrade to either the Marantz sr6012 being that its part of the same company and shares the same build as the Denon but tuned better for music listening as i understand it or should i upgrade to the Yamaha flagship model as on both units can be had for a real good price at the moment this has been my dilemma for the past week any thoughts welcome.
Room size = 5m x 5m
Speakers = full 5.1.2 Dali zensor range
Subwoofer = Svs PB 1000
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