Why do older AV surround processors (eg Yamaha DSP-E800) still command so much - really not to far off the price of the more recent low end integrated AV receivers (eg Sony STR-DG500 or Cambridge 540R V1)?
I am looking to add AV surround speakers to a music setup, ie continuing to use a two-channel integrated amp for the music and then for home cinema, to feed its AUX input with the front channel output and then but an old E800 or a new AV receiver to power the sourround speakers/
But the prices are much coser than I thought. Particularly so, considering that the newer receivers have component in/outputs and can handle higher quality video than the older ones, which have only composite.
So what accounts for the pricing then? Is there really any sound quality difference between such an old AV processor as the E800 and a decent low-end AV receiver of the past 1-2 years?
I am looking to add AV surround speakers to a music setup, ie continuing to use a two-channel integrated amp for the music and then for home cinema, to feed its AUX input with the front channel output and then but an old E800 or a new AV receiver to power the sourround speakers/
But the prices are much coser than I thought. Particularly so, considering that the newer receivers have component in/outputs and can handle higher quality video than the older ones, which have only composite.
So what accounts for the pricing then? Is there really any sound quality difference between such an old AV processor as the E800 and a decent low-end AV receiver of the past 1-2 years?