hodg100
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Interesting to see how the SR8012 will be positioned vs any new Denon flagship avr. On paper this looks superb, i hope it sounds as such, as well
A worthwhile upgrade from SR7011?
I am going to opine that probably not. Especially if you got the SR7011 for the current price of £899, that is a considerable amount less than the £2,699 retail price of the SR8012. I would say that that £1800 price difference would be better spent on power amps or integrated amps added to the SR7011.A worthwhile upgrade from SR7011?
It should fall just below the upcoming AVRX7400 and above the AVRX6400. The 7400 will be a 13 channel integrated receiver though. You're not going to get the toroidal PSU you get onboard the Marantz with any of the DEnon models.
Maybe I'm just being argumentative, but with the anticipated official announcement of the X8500H, I don't think the X7400 qualifies any longer for the status of "flagship".
Not really, given that the X8500H is more than likely what most people were relating to when previously refering to the AVRX7400. This appears to be placed above the X6400 and without any mention of a 7400 model.
Oh good, it's not just me. Here I am looking around like an idiot going "what the fudge is a 7400?"
Neither model technically exists, not until Denon officially announce them. I do know that they were/are planning to replace the AVRX7200 early next year. I'd surmise that the x8500 is its replacement?
Although, yes, D+M still has yet to offer any "official" announcement.
All we need now is a Marantz UHD player.
Can anyone confirm this is 13.2 with added amplification for the two extra channels? I'm hearing conflicting reports... I want to buy it, but if it isn't I might just buy the 7012.
EDIT
Despite what has been posted both elsewhere on this board and on other forums, Marantz themselves do not give any indication that this receiver can process more than 11 channels simultaneously:
Marantz UK | SR8012
Besides which, it only has 11 pre outs excluding the sub pre outs and additional zone pre outs.
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