I am finally starting to look at upgrading my sound equipment and I thought this would be a good place to ask for advice.
I currenty own some low end equipment (Pioneer receiver and Cerwin Vega Re38's) and I'm looking at getting something a little more "high end".
I plan on starting with a receiver. I have it narrowed down to the Marantz SR7500 and the Denon AVR-3805. I will be using this receiver for 85% music and 15% HT. As of right now I'll be using it to run the two Cerwin Vega's and later this spring I will be possibly be purchasing some Axiom M60's. If I go this direction, I will eventually complete my HT setup with two Q8's, one VP150, and either a EP500 or VTF-2.
I'm new HT so I have no clue what a lot of it means. I know Denon and Marantz are both quality products, but I don't know what features I need in a receiver. The Denon has Dolby Digital EX Decoding, DTS ES Discrete 6.1 Decoding, ES Matrix Decoding, DTS Neo Modes, HDCD Decoding, and a handful of other features that the Marantz is lacking.I really want the Marantz because I have heard so much about how good the quality is for music, but I worry about the lack of features for HT. It may no be lacking anything, I have no idea, it just seems like the Denon has so much more under the list of features... very confusing. Can anyone clear this up for me? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
