So, going back to original topic of this forum ...
In a way sad in a way happy .... after playing around with the Yamaha RX-V3900 I noticed that like all Yamahas, they are just too bright, too aggressive for my liking.
As I was going from
Onkyo 818 to
Denon 4311 to
Marantz SR7005 to
Yamaha RX-A2020 back to
Denon 4311 and then to
Yamaha RX-V3900 .... I noticed that the receiver that kept me most in piece with clear sound, good balance, never giving me hassle in jumping for a remote to increase volume or decrease it was no other than
Denon 4311.
Initially I really liked the RX-V3900 for it's awesome sound on explosions and sound effects etc, etc, BUT .... I was judging things in a wrong way. Once I popped a 80s flick with bad sound recording or even the latest bond moves "Skyfal", Yamaha was giving aggression but unclear dialog. As I turned up the center channel and played around with EQ adding more gain to high frequencies, nothing seemed to help.
Once I switched back to Denon 4311, all of those issues became much, much less noticeable.
I also noticed better video processing. Maybe it's in my head, but Denon 4311 seems to give a better picture. Does it make sense? don't know.
Anyway .... even though Denon 4311 is costing me almost twice as Yamaha RX-V3900, I decided to stick with Denon.
I am pretty tired of all this testing and switching around. I am done
A big trophy should be given to my fiance that saw about 6-7 different receiver boxes come in and go back. For her surviving the crash in the movie "Flight of the Phoenix" about 15 times. For her listening to same first 10 minutes of Dark Knight movie about 20 times even though most of the time she was at the kitchen. etc, etc
I am out.
