Nick250 said:
Mulester7 nailed it. I see so many posts where the question is "I just purchased xyz receiver, what speakers should I mate with it?" This is in my view is backwards. One first settles on the speakers that have the sound they want (and can afford) and then decides on the receiver/amp that best drives said speakers. When all is said one doneI think that somewhere around 60 to 70% of ones total audio budget sould go to speakers.
IMHO, YMMV yadda, yadda.
.....absolutely for sure, Nick....5 pairs of different name-brand speakers that fall in a common price-range, are generally ALL as different sounding from each other as night and day....this is not the case with 5 receivers in a common price-range, or 5 CD players in a common price-range, and so on....
.....in building a system from scratch, my considerations would go to establishing my speakers FIRST....then I would backfill the components demanding quality on every purchase....and I would start with the MAINS that knocked me out and thrilled me, waiting on the surrounds and center if need be....everyone wants to hit the ground running with a full system, sure, but you will end up replacing EVERYTHING, ALL TOO SOON, in most cases, and usually take it in the teeth concerning total money invested overall when you finally have the system you wanted up front....I still maintain brick by brick....
....HKing, I know Buck has the Denon 3805, and has said more than once he really loves it....the 2805 has fewer watts rms, and that alone is a good reason your speakers won't have the authority and presence you would get from the 3805....it takes double the watts to increase the spl by 3 db, but any significant increase in the amount of headroom brings authority and presence, I promise....surround receivers are not my forte', (LAUGHTER EXPLOSION FROM THE FORUM), but I can speak for amplification and the effects of headroom.....
