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I feel like I may be having buyers remorse and I'm looking for some feedback to either help make me feel better OR someone say hey stupid return that thing and get this instead. The ONLY reason I upgraded is due to the lack of HDMI connections on the Denon (there's none!). So I took the plunge and unhooked the old Denon AVR-3805 beast and replaced it with a Yamaha RX-675.
I'm driving 2 Polk LSi15's, a LSiC center, and (2) LSi f/x surrounds in a 5.1 setup. It's not a large room, only 20'x25' so I don't need to fill a large room with sound.
I knew I'd be in trouble initially with the 4 ohm speakers, but I read that the Yamaha is capable of driving 4 ohm speakers so I thought I'd give it a try.
I was expecting quite a difference in sound when I hooked the Yamaha, but honestly it's not all that different. I was expecting to be blown away after replacing a receiver that's nearly 10 years old with a newer unit but I just wasn't. All of the sound that is produced sounds about the same, just crisper if that makes sense. Other than that, I'm not really noticing anything.
I'm sure there is some more tinkering that can be done...but before I do that the big question is.....
Should I return that Yamaha and be looking at something more comparable to the AVR-3805? I don't have thousands of dollars to spend on a new receiver - I mean I did years ago...but things are different with a family and stuff.....is the Yamaha a good choice? Anything else I should be looking at? I still have some time that I can send it back. I'm open to buying last years model, or 2 years ago model...etc.
Any feedback is appreciated, thanks!
I feel like I may be having buyers remorse and I'm looking for some feedback to either help make me feel better OR someone say hey stupid return that thing and get this instead. The ONLY reason I upgraded is due to the lack of HDMI connections on the Denon (there's none!). So I took the plunge and unhooked the old Denon AVR-3805 beast and replaced it with a Yamaha RX-675.
I'm driving 2 Polk LSi15's, a LSiC center, and (2) LSi f/x surrounds in a 5.1 setup. It's not a large room, only 20'x25' so I don't need to fill a large room with sound.
I knew I'd be in trouble initially with the 4 ohm speakers, but I read that the Yamaha is capable of driving 4 ohm speakers so I thought I'd give it a try.
I was expecting quite a difference in sound when I hooked the Yamaha, but honestly it's not all that different. I was expecting to be blown away after replacing a receiver that's nearly 10 years old with a newer unit but I just wasn't. All of the sound that is produced sounds about the same, just crisper if that makes sense. Other than that, I'm not really noticing anything.
I'm sure there is some more tinkering that can be done...but before I do that the big question is.....
Should I return that Yamaha and be looking at something more comparable to the AVR-3805? I don't have thousands of dollars to spend on a new receiver - I mean I did years ago...but things are different with a family and stuff.....is the Yamaha a good choice? Anything else I should be looking at? I still have some time that I can send it back. I'm open to buying last years model, or 2 years ago model...etc.
Any feedback is appreciated, thanks!