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Onkyo 507 vs Sony STR-DH800 ?

BArra · 2010-01-03 14:42:56

im looking to join the HD audio bandwagon and these seem to be fairly similarly priced HD amps, both seem to have a similar spec the only thing jumping out at me is the Sony is 7.1 and the Onkyo is 5.1 i understand they both LPCM and bitstream audio, so those bases are covered im looking for opinions on each? im not really…

03-01-2010 2:42pm

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BArra

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im looking to join the HD audio bandwagon and these seem to be fairly similarly priced HD amps, both seem to have a similar spec

the only thing jumping out at me is the Sony is 7.1 and the Onkyo is 5.1

i understand they both LPCM and bitstream audio, so those bases are covered

im looking for opinions on each?

im not really looking to spend more on say a denon et al, as im going to have to pick some speakers to buy aswell

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#2 03-01-2010 7:16pm

Gsxr600

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Hi.
If it was me to choose i would go for onkyo.
Sony only ES series...
Whats Ur budget including speakers?

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#3 16-01-2010 2:01pm

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Denon AVR1610?

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