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I haven't heard of reliability getting worse with Denon/Marantz products over the last decade or so. I honestly don't count the # of transistors in a product and live in fear that they will fail as a result sometime down the road. I owned a Denon AVP processor for 10 years without incident in...

It probably does. However, if you're not using the internal amps, ship the 8500H back to the dealer and get yourself a Marantz AV8805. It has the exact same processing power of the Denon 8500H without the amp section so it's more efficient, lighter and has balanced outs.

In order to make an AVR to the 5805 standard and power output today with 13 channels of amplification and processing with the latest codecs, the unit would be even more massive and expensive than the 100lbs $6,000 5805 from 2005. That will never happen. Denon made very reasonable tradeoffs on...

There is a lot of misinformation in this post which is sad as you typically give good advice. Granted these current crop of Denon receivers aren't built quite to the same standard as the older 58xx series but that was a different era where the super-receiver thrived and audiophiles had bigger...

Nothing is made to the standard that the venerable Denon AVR-5805 was built to but that was an elegant weapon for a more civilized time. see: https://www.audioholics.com/av-receiver-reviews/denon-avr-5805 I wept when I had to sell this unit and then I wept again when I had to give up my Denon...

Guys; I could really use help posting our article teasers on the forum. This has to be unique content separate from the associated review summary on the homepage otherwise Google would treat it as duplicate content. The post needs to be a good chunk of wordage too (300-500 words plus photo and...

I don't like the DTS:X Upmixer at all for 2CH music or non-discrete surround sound. I don't know what DTS did but the old Neural:X was far superior IMO. Stick with the Dolby Upmixer as they clearly have the better upmixer in this generation of "immersive surround sound".

Bose is one of most recognized brands in the world. Ask anyone on the street who they think makes the best audio products, and you will likely hear Bose as their answer. So why is it that most audiophiles HATE Bose? This YouTube attempts to answer that question to give you a better perspective...

Guys; I need to downsize my storage unit and have a lot of cables and miscellaneous stuff to clear out. If anyone lives in Tampa area and wants to come by to help me clear some stuff out, I'd be happy to give you cables and any miscellaneous items I don't need. Feel free to PM me for more details.

Yea 200 comments many from people that sadly didn't actually read the article and just made ASSumptions.

TechHDS (aka. Carl) asked me to close/ban his account so I have done it per his request. If he later decides to come back, I will reinstate at his request.

— Roger B. Hassing, President of RBH Sound

Carl; RBH options offered here are extremely reasonable as was Montucky's response. If you don't agree to one of them at this point than you need to take this elsewhere as I won't continue to provide a platform for you to air your grievances. I hope this gets resolved quickly for all parties...

This is what i have heard from several loudspeaker manufacturers:

The tariff doesn't just relate to production in China. My understanding in talking to some audio companies is that any parts that are globally sourced in a product will subject the finished product to the tarrif even if said product is built in America. Basic speaker parts ALL come from...

This thread inspired us to look more closely into this situation and write an article about it. The president’s escalating tariff war is wreaking havoc on American businesses that rely on Chinese manufacturing and supply chains. The results are higher prices for consumers, and real risk to...

I'm going off the quote of the email you sent RBH. Are you suggesting you didnt write those words in the email?

This situation is certainly a mess but setting the impedance switch on your AVR to 4 ohms can be another source of unwanted distortion. see: https://www.audioholics.com/audio-amplifier/impedance-selector-switch-1

Again I don't get why you would be willing to buy new drivers for a new product that has had problems since you got them. Just return them, eat the shipping costs if you have to and move on. I hope it works out for you as I know that can be frustrating.

The table on this page still troubles me: https://emotiva.com/blogs/latest-1/a-brand-new-path-dolby-atmos-and-dts-x-is-here They show analog and PCM 2CH audio not being able to upmix to Atmos but to Dolby Digital? This also appears to be effective in 2019 so I'd be cautious about updates at...