A Christmas Upgrade Advice-- AV Receiver- Please

[greatestboss]

Hey everyone, I would highly appreciate your advice on upgrading my A/V Receiver as a Christmas Gift to myself

Current Setup:

• AV Receiver Onkyo TX-NR3030
• Panasonic DP-UB9000- 4K Player
• Denon DBT-3313UDCI - Blu-ray player
• Fronts: Paradigm Prestige 85F
• Center Paradigm Prestige 55C
• Surround: Definitive BPVX Powered
• Back Surround Definitive BPX
• 2 Pairs of Atmos Speakers SVS Prime Elevation Speaker placed on top of the fronts and surrounds,
• Subwoofer Definitive Technology SuperCube I
• Sony 85" TV Bravia 9
• Room Size 16 Feet X 15 Feet

My interests 4K Movies, Documentaries (Physical Discs Collection of 1,200 Discs), Football+ Sports 85% and Streaming 10%, Music 5% (CD's & Records)

I really like the Marantz Cinema 30 and I was wondering if replacing my 10+ years old Onkyo will make a difference. Any other recommendations are highly appreciated.

Happy Holidays

 

[Eppie]

When you say "make a difference", what do you find lacking in your current setup? The NR3030 was top tier so I would not expect a significant change in sound. What probably has improved the most is auto speaker calibration. Audyssey and Dirac have improved since AccuEQ, but are you using the AccuEQ room calibration?

The Onkyo can upscale to 4K, so are there any video features lacking? Do you need HDR and Dolby Vision support?

Do you foresee adding more subwoofers? The Cinema 30 supports 4 subwoofers and adding Dirac DLBC would help bass management.

Unless there are specific features lacking it might be hard to justify the expense but others may chime in with differing opinions.

 

[everettT]

The Denon x3800 would be good choice and leave money for a subwoofer upgrade

 

[Trebdp83]

The Onkyo is limited to the HDMI High Speed(10Gbps) spec. This limits 4K @60Hz to 4:2:0 8 bit color in SDR/HDR and is the reason it does not support Dolby Vision. HDCP 2.2 is supported on just one HDMI port.
The Cinema 30 has HDMI 2.1 Ultra(40Gbps) spec ports supporting 8K@60Hz/4K @120Hz RGB/YCbCr 4:4:4 10 bit color uncompressed for next gen game consoles and PCs. A new receiver will also support eARC for full bandwidth audio back to the receiver if connecting some devices directly to the tV.

The Onkyo, while updated to support Dolby Atmos, still has the older Pro Logic IIz and DTS Neo up mixers. New models from every brand will feature Dolby Surround and DTS Neural:X up mixers. The new "object" based up mixers require monopole speakers all the way around to work optimally. The Height speakers here should be mounted high on a wall angled downward or placed on their backs if used on top of other speakers as the angle is not steep enough in their current state to bounce off of the ceiling. The room might be better suited for a 5.1.4 configuration with some mini towers used for surround speakers. It would not hurt at all to get an additional subwoofer.