|   Denon Receivers | Need Help
Oct 23, 2002 11:45 AM | | Is the Denon 3803 going to be THAT MUCH BETTER than the Denon 1803? The only significant difference that I can see is the 30 extra watts being provided by the Denon 3803. Do those 30 watts really justify the difference in price? |
| re: Denon Receivers | midfiman
Oct 23, 2002 12:17 PM | | See if the 1803 has the important features you want. They may include (but not neccessarily):
RCA Pre-outs
6.1 processing
type of chips (Sharc, Burr Brown?)
On Screen Menu
Front A/V inputs
A good remote
etc...
I don't see the power alone being enough incentive to purchase the 3803, but it depends. If you have speakers that are hard to drive, then it will make some difference. Otherwise, if they have pretty good sensitivity, the power diff won't be noticable. |
| re: Denon chips | LPW
Oct 23, 2002 4:43 PM | | Do you know what brand of chips are in the 1800? What difference do they make? Can noise be affected by the type of chip used? |
| re: Denon chips | midfiman
Oct 24, 2002 5:26 AM | | Unfortunately, I don't know. However, you can go to the denon website, and they have each reciever listed and you can see the specs. Also, the Denon recievers (or at least they used to) place the label of their chips etc on the faceplate of the reciever. |
| re: Denon chips | Woochifer
Oct 25, 2002 4:34 PM | | The 1802 at least used a 24-bit Crystal processor (pretty generic -- Onkyo, Kenwood, and Pioneer's entry level models I believe use the same one), and I believe Analog Devices 96/24 DACs. |
| midfi, I'll add to your list... | _Luke_
Oct 23, 2002 5:41 PM | | the multi-room/multi-source feature of the 38 Series. It was one of the deciding factors for me. |
| here are a few justifications for the money | GM
Oct 24, 2002 6:08 AM | | these are more than enough to close the deal, my AVR-2801 will be for sale for the upgrade. Alot of these features are on the 4803 & 5803. Awesome bang for the buck if you ask me.
- DTS ES 96/24 5.1 decoding for DVD Video
- New DDSC-Digital featuring Analog Devices Melody 100
(HammerHead SHARC) 32 bit floating point DSP processor
- 7 Channels equal power amplifier section
- 110 watts per channel
- 16 Burr-Brown PCM-1791 24 bit, 192 kHz high resolution
DACs on all eight channels, in differential configuration
24 bit, 192 kHz A/D conversion (Burr-Brown PCM-1804) on
all analog inputs
- Pure Audio mode
- LCD dot-matrix programmable/learning remote |
| man.... | DaveHK
Oct 25, 2002 11:40 PM | | now your making me want to upgrade my 2801, don't do this to me!
dave |
| man.... | Bruce261
Oct 26, 2002 8:21 PM | | Well, I have a Denon 4802. IT IS THE BOMB!! 7.1 surround sound, baby. |
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