Sony 5300, Denon 3808 or Onkyo 875?

[landonspop]

Budget $1500.

Need to choose between Sony STR-DA4300ES , Denon 3808 and Onkyo SR875. It has been 10 years since I purchased my last amp, so I have been out of the market until now, my last one being a Sony ES model and I had no problems. I owned 2 Onkyos before that without problems. In fact, all are still working.

I was leaning towards the Sony because of GUI.

What I have read so far.

Onkyo... best bang for buck but get very hot.. cheaper when comparing apples to apples, but I am worried about "where did they cut their costs to do so"? Rated THX Ultra II, but I have heard that others would qualify also, but chose not to pay licensing fees to advertise this. Is this true?

Sony.. Rated best at cnet... have read that people do not like their sound.. have 6 hdmi inputs, but do not know how I might need so many

Yamaha....
very light (?) could this be an issue? , confusing remote, but supposed to have better sound of the three...

I love music, but do not brag to have professional ears... I suppose I could hear the difference if all were set up to compare, but is there really that much difference when using the same speakers and eq settings?

I am a newby compared to many here. I have owned many amps, but have never spent over $1000 before.

Please help with non-biased answers.


RC

Speakers:
sub..Supercube I
rear.. definitive tech
front.. Eosone towers w/ powered woofers
center.. paradigm

 

[S.R. Johnson]

i would go for the onkyo 875 myself

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Budget $1500.

Need to choose between Sony STR-DA4300ES , Denon 3808 and Onkyo SR875

I know it's not one of your 3 choices, but may I offer this alternative: Emotiva XPA-5 ($700 200 wpc x 5 Ch amp) + Emotiva LMC-2 ($700 pre-pros w/ 4 HDMI-1.3, TrueHD, & DTS-MA).

 

[Gimpy Ric]

I know it's not one of your 3 choices, but may I offer this alternative: Emotiva XPA-5 ($700 200 wpc x 5 Ch amp) + Emotiva LMC-2 ($700 pre-pros w/ 4 HDMI-1.3, TrueHD, & DTS-MA).

AcuDefTecGuy your making my job easier

Sneak Peak at the LMC-2 Prototype:

http://emotivalounge.proboards54.com/index.cgi?board=preamps&action=display&thread=1200092323

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

AcuDefTecGuy your making my job easier

Sneak Peak at the LMC-2 Prototype:

http://emotivalounge.proboards54.com/index.cgi?board=preamps&action=display&thread=1200092323

Unless you want more convenience without adding an external amp, why would you buy a Receiver + Amp when you could get a high quality separate Amp + Pre-pros for the same price or less? And with Emotiva, you get top notch components, build quality, plus a full 5 year warranty. You won't get that with most AVRs.

 

[bandphan]

does anyone look at the op, this is a dup, 5 pages on this already