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Hi Race,
Firstly, I'm from Australia so not 100% sure that the Denon and NAD units are the same as the ones you are thinking about. I am also a bit of a novice at this (first post!)so don't really have the lingo yet either. However I did recently audition both the 3808 and the T775. I even managed to find one dealer that sold both. Unfortunately I was still unable to listen on the same speakers but did listen to the same CD/DVD's on the same day. In short I found the NAD had an amazing sound but did not have the features that the Denon had for my intended use of Home Theatre. I also did some research and found some disatisfied people who had purchased the NAD and were very unhappy with aspects of the video processing. I know NAD's empahsis is on music first, which I respect, but it didn't give me confidence in their HT. I went with the Denon about 2 months ago and love it.
In my opinion, if you are a music purest, get the NAD. If you want fully featured HT - the Denon is without peer in this price point.
Good luck with your decision!
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In my opinion, if you are a music purest, get the NAD. If you want fully featured HT - the Denon is without peer in this price point.
That nicely sums up my thoughts also.
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Right now I would say if want it all get the Denon, if you are a music purest, you should only be looking at a 2 channel amp in the first place.
Jason M80 v2 VP160 v3 QS8 v2 PB13 Ultra Denon 3808 Samsung 85" Q70
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Not sure why denon 3808 owners didn't just get an Emotiva LPA-1 and a Yamaha RX-V663...same price as the denon.
Last edited by Hutzal; 05/08/08 04:27 PM.
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keep in mind most of us paid $1098 for the 3808 from 6ave (not sure how much your combo would cost). The denon has a great GUI and network streaming abilities, not sure if you can say that about the yamaha.
Denon has 4 hdmi inputs, yamaha only 2
-David
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I don't think the Yammy Streams, that is one feature that I REALLY dig about the 3808. I am really getting ahead of myself here. I am selling all my speakers before my wife and I move to the states and I am already on the lookout for separates. I am for sure going to get M80s, and depending on the size of our living space, a 5.1 system. But this time around, since I am in the states and shipping can be saved on all the USA electronics, I am looking at emotiva amps and a pre/pro. I like the Yammy ever since I have owned the 659, strange how I developed a love for the Yammy, it was my first AV recieve
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I would like to get a seperate amp as well (not that I need it really.)
-David
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ahh, but you DO need one...the XPA-5 looks so sweet, I have already decided I am buying one (my wife won't know about it for another 5 months tho)
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Not sure why denon 3808 owners didn't just get an Emotiva LPA-1 and a Yamaha RX-V663...same price as the denon. The new Pioneer VSX-1018TXV-K looks very enticing... Hmmm June.
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The specs are not equal all around on the LPA-1 only 50W inot 8 ohms on the 2 channels, bleh. The XPA-5 well only 5 channels so the 3808 still wins.
Jason M80 v2 VP160 v3 QS8 v2 PB13 Ultra Denon 3808 Samsung 85" Q70
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