Go with Pioneer. I think only Yamaha and Pioneer allow changing their auto setup curves to your own preference. If you don't like what auto setup routines do in denon/onkyo/sony; you'll be stuck. Apart from that, all the mass market receivers off pretty much the same features .
Only drawback to Yamaha and Pioneer IMO is that they use a global crossover, so if for instance, you're running some small speakers or satellites as your surrounds or front heights then either they get what the fronts get (say 80hz) or the fronts get set to 120hz or maybe higher.
I owned two yammies, RX-V363 and RX-V3900. While the earlier had fixed xo for all speakers, the later had the option to set different crossover for mains, different for CC, and different for surrounds. But this is a bad idea to go with different crossover for all speakers. One can phase align a sub at one frequency only. It may be completely out of phase at the other.
so I am still torn lol I ended up going with a polk setup 55t's 15c and 45b's. I have eliminated the denon as it was stated does not have 4k pass through so I am stuck between the 840 or vsx-43 I cannot find much info on the vsx-43 but a decent amount on the 840
Unless you will be purchasing at least an 80"+ display or PJ screen, 4K will be moot. Not to mention, that just as is the case with 3D, new 4K HDMI 2.0 Blu Ray players will likely be dual HDMI to pass the 4K video to the TV and the HD audio to the AVR. Oh yes, that's right, HDMI 2.0 is just around the corner as well. The term "future proofing" only translates to about 3-4 years given the current technology and how quickly it is changing.
I really don't need 4k, but I would like to have the feature if I ever upgrade to a 4k tv in the future.I am just torn and in need of a good receiver that won't break the bank but also adds features like networking and 4k
So after some extensive research a la this wonderful forum I have narrowed it down between 2 the Marantz sr5007 and Denon x2000, which would be a better choice???
Both would serve you equally well. The X2000 being a 2013 model has some newer features (eg. HDMI Stereo to Zone 2) over the 2012 5007 although the 5007 has a full set of 7.1 pre-outs that the X2000 does not have. Determine what features you want in an AVR and choose accordingly.
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