Through arm twisting and begging, I am getting an advanced unit of the 770
3 this Wednesday (9/21/16). The production ship date is over one month away. So as you might guess, I am stoked to see and hear it a month or more early. I'll be posting my impressions. Yea... I'll pop the hood and snap some pictures as well.:grin:
Since the 03 higherend platform has the new HEOS engine in it, I will also be listening and examining the HEOS prepro GUI and user friendliness. I've heard it. But a lot of customers have not. Therefore, I will be listening to a couple of the HEOS boxes using the 7703 and posting our impressions. Basically the 7703 has this
https://usa.denon.com/us/heos-link built inside of it ($349 retail). My understanding is the price point of the 7703 is the same as the 7702mkii. Their motivation is for all of us to get addicted to their new platform that goes head-to-head with Sonos. In fact, initial shipments will include a free HEOS 1 (and allow people to trade-up by paying more $$'s). This will be a limited time.... More on other posts. If anyone has a SONOS to borrow, I'd like to compare them with the HEOS (SQ wise).
I'm 2 hours north of the Twin Cities. So I asked a customer of mine who has a well treated room (measures well) if I can host the event at his house near Minneapolis. He agreed. He has an 8801. I'll drag over a brand new 8802A and we can compare the SQ between the 8801, 8802A, and 7703. I was told there have been some small running changes between the mkii and 7703. Every generation has them for SQ reasons. I'll get to that later.
It's always good to listen and compare in different rooms with different gear. Plus, I always like comparing with other people too. If an MN AVS members would like to attend, PM me. It will probably be this coming Saturday. I'll be buying some pizza etc. The goal is to have fun and learn. The only rule is whoever attends the listening session must post what they heard (HEOS, etc). If anyone has a SONOS device to bring over, that would also be helpful. While discussing HEOS it isn't officially part of a 7703, the feature IMHO important and related.