Sony STRV-555ES -> Denon AVR-3310

[PCTools]

I am new to the forums, and wanted to inquire your thoughts on a new purchase.

I have a Sony STRV-555ES rereceiver, which I am considering upgrading to the Denon AVR-3310. I fully understand many changes/updates have been made over the years and wanted to ask your opinion if such an upgrade would yield a "significant" improvement.

My sound room:

Front - Klipsch RF-5's
Center - Klipsch RC-62
Rear - Klipsch RB5-II's

I really enjoy the Sony piece and have no problems with it. I was wondering if purchasing a NEW $1200 receiver would warrant much of an improvement.

Sure, it has the DTS Master Audio, and the Audyssey stuff, but do you guys think this is a "major" improvement and worth making the plunge?

Any feedback would be great...

 

[bandphan]

I am new to the forums, and wanted to inquire your thoughts on a new purchase.

I have a Sony STRV-555ES rereceiver, which I am considering upgrading to the Denon AVR-3310. I fully understand many changes/updates have been made over the years and wanted to ask your opinion if such an upgrade would yield a "significant" improvement.

My sound room:

Front - Klipsch RF-5's
Center - Klipsch RC-62
Rear - Klipsch RB5-II's

I really enjoy the Sony piece and have no problems with it. I was wondering if purchasing a NEW $1200 receiver would warrant much of an improvement.

Sure, it has the DTS Master Audio, and the Audyssey stuff, but do you guys think this is a "major" improvement and worth making the plunge?

Any feedback would be great...

Room correction alone would be considered by some a good enough reason. If your system sounds good to you now and you do not need the new HD audio codecs or latest features, then don't change.

 

[PCTools]

I was thinking it would be worth about $500 with the orginal box and both remotes still in the plastic bags that they were shipped in. This receiver is in mint condition.

Any final thoughts prior to "consider" selling this piece?

Thanks.

 

[MatthewB.]

I think 500.00 would be way "overpriced" for this reciever. It only has 5.1, DD and DTS decoding with Dolby Prologic. I frequent pawn shops all over and see tons of recievers like these (mint still in boxes) going for about 250.00 and they are not selling. In fact some pawn shops won't even take these anymore because they can't sell em. People today want 7.1, lossless decoding. HDMI and room correction. Your best bet is to keep it and use it in a second "bedroom" or "office" system rather than try and sell it for pennies.

 

[PCTools]

Matt,

Thanks for the update. My concern, is that it will be costing ~ $1200 to dulpicate this amplifier.

If this Sony piece was yours, what would you be selling it for?