I wanted to find a receiver of particularly good stereo can and with whom I can also stream from the iPhone. So it was worth trying times try a home theater receiver, because I had an old 5.1 Teufesystem.
At first I was very skeptical about Yamaha, since the power consumption, which is printed on the rear side, not lies close to potent power amplifiers. For all receivers I have Bi-Amp used to my HGP speakers to drive.
Valence / weaknesses:
Here you have the Yamaha which deduct. The speaker terminals were slightly inferior compared to the other, just as the remote control and the somewhat outdated menu. At Onkyo was little to complain about. Unfortunately, it was very hot while idling, which makes me doubt the lasting durability. He also needed when switching the songs in streaming approximately 8 seconds. That was a bit much. The Denon here allowed himself no weakness.
Sound was the most important for me. The Onkyo seemed very apathetic. He was quite good in the dynamics, but they were a bit sharp highs. Unfortunately, he could absolutely not generate goose bumps. Even my other half noticed that something is missing here. I could not exactly describe what it has precisely located to the end. The sound was just thin.
At the Denon, I had great expectations. On the whole, these were also met. Unfortunately, you could see the calibration derived from Audessey not completely recalibrate. Even when the Denon heights were sharp. S sounds whispering something was uncomfortable especially at louder listening. Manually this attitude lies not correct to my satisfaction. My concern was that after prolonged listening, he's getting on my nerves.
When I finally joined the Yamaha, I was a little flat. Here hissed no highs plus he had a very warm sound, which has even made listening to classical music into an experience. Yamaha has its own Einmessystem and even has its own Klagprogramme a la "Sounds like the Opera House", the (not at all) actually make when listening to CDs bit ago. The feared inefficiency of power amplifiers was not clear. In the Yamaha bass was crisp. Only in comparison with the dissolution of the Denon had to lose some of Yamaha. Here in classical music was no longer listening to each instrument from the back rows. That was the very good interpretation of the receiver but no longer harm. It was just fun to listen to the Yamaha. So much space was not the Denon. For this, I was willing to give up a little resolution and also the stale menu system could not be put off. Sonically, he was the first choice for me.
Power consumption idle: approx 58W Denon, Onkyo approximately 42W, 40W Yamaha (29W in Eco mode)
