It's true actually, even their non hifi gear sounds amazing, you won't beleieve it, I connected my Boston Acoustics A23 speakers on my very old DVD reciever and it sounded much better than the Denon X2300W which I had.
The Sony was just $300 and it came with speakers. The Denon which I bought was $800 and it was not as good for music. For movies the dialogue seemed to be muffled or very quite, dynamic volume & dynamic eq kinda helped but it was poop anyways.
I'll never buy a Denon again, i think I'm settled on Yamaha.
Now, if you offered me a choice between Sony & Denon, I would simply choose the Sony over denon.
Denon is kind of like a lackluster sound, more treble than mid punch. No depth at all. Kind of like thin sounding for 2 channel music.
What about the Sony Core SSCS5, they seem to be well regarded for their price?
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I have a Yam RX-A3080 paired with the Elac Adante series and i am in a state of zero upgraditis at the moment a.k.a, i am perfectly content with it after a very long period of chasing my tail. I went into some detail on other threads about why it is the best fit for me ( sound quality, tweaking options, etc). On the same note, I may not upgrade for several years unless DTS comes up with something groundbreaking in the future. I plan to enjoy a few years of no upgraditis
Denon does make some very good 2 channel gear. Their receiver couldn't do anything special for me. Sorry to hurt the feelings of the Denon flatearther clan and these weird ass myths that seem to exist about Audyssey's unmatched glory.
As for the Sony SS CS5, you can pick up the bookshelf pair on sale for 72ish bucks!!! (it is a no brainer, its the price of a few cocktails on a Friday evening for Christs sakes). I paired it with a Class A amp, several tubes, a very good DAC, etc (which may not exactly be what everyone uses for a speaker at this pricepoint). But, from what i heard, this is the kinda speaker that can take the idea of diminishing returns to a whole new level when you are paying for stuff that's way more expensive.
There are a couple of high end dealers (i've known over the years) who get very nervous around me
. It's because when i audit some very high end $$$$ speakers (that should only be paired with very high end electronics to bring out their full potential n all, mmhmm!!), i also try to take lsome cheap speakers with me and have them swap/put their high end electronics on cheap speakers. I gotta tell you man, it is the kinda thing that makes high end dealers very nervous because some great truths can get revealed during such instances
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