RE: Arcam AVR300
newbie here...
after six months of reading everything I could put my hands on from customer statements to professional reviews, I ordered the Arcam AVR300 and DV79 today.
what led me to this decision was the amazing sound. its probably more receiver than I'll ever need, but I doubt I'll be unhappy.
considered rotel, nad, yamaha, onkyo, denon, cambridge audio and in the end, i just decided to go with the arcam based on my attraction and gut feel that this is what i wanted. it sounded amazing, but my ear isn't the best trained at this point. i've been listening to a yamaha stereo receiver for so long on a pair of LX44 JBLs, that all of these brands sounded excellent. A confluence of feelings about the sound of movies and music, the latter of which I wil spend 75% of my time listening to, led me to choose the Arcam.
It's amazing.