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Splicer010 /forum/post/20358351
And this is where our differences lie. The ONLY thing worth 'upgrading' to, in my opinion, would be to 3D/1.4 HDMI, of which I have no interest. I am not interested in, nor do I desire more than one sub. The 4310ci has every feature I could want, with the exception of Pandora instead of that crap Rhapsody and Napster, neither of which I am willing to pay for. But no problem there as I have Pandora on my streaming device anyway hence being a non-issue.
I could upgrade to Audyssey XT 32, but I'm good with Audyssey XT. It puts a smile on my face everytime I listen to the 4310.
Agreed... partially
For me and this is my personal opinion only: 3D in its current technological state, requiring glasses for viewing - is, from a quality perspective, horrible. Since that will be the state of 3D technology for the foreseeable future, I have ZERO interest in it. So, that "feature" is a who-cares.
From an upgrade perspective, however, dual subs would be a desired future state, since that would significantly improve my audio experience (and I have a great SW already - two would be amazing).
So, XT32 fit's that bill nicely. And, with XT32 is the ability to go further and get PRO
All that said, I will go with separate components for my next upgrade. A quality pre-processor, such as an Anthem Statement D2V,or something in that class, will run the front end of my audio/video. The new Marantz that was jsut reviewed in both Stereophile and Home Theater would be a nice processor. It doesn't have XT32 however, so that's a show stopper. And, a multichannel amplifier, such as the Parasound A51/A2, will drive the speakers.
As I said, that will be a significant cost premium, over my 4310... or even a top of the line Denon. But, I am done with Denon!
Like you, I could care less about the little "features"... Pandora, Rhapsody, Napster, etc. I don't even want the cheesy height/width speaker configuration. It sounds like ****. Possibly, 7.x with rears, but I had that and went back to 5.x sound.
Just give me the best possible sound, the rest is noise