How does the new Denon 8500 rate against the Arcam 850 amp?

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Oh yeah, I forgot you had a nice Denon amp Series. Nice one. Cheers. I am sure the 6400 would suit all my needs, hard to believe most of the Pioneer amps used to cost £1000 back in the day, like the Pioneer flagship model the Pioneer Vsx-lx70 amp, now they cost all sorts. But the amount of speakers I need the Denon 6400 would be perfect. And my Pioneer 81 amp was £1500 when first released, now the Pioneer sc-lx901 is £2500 and owned by Onkyo! Can’t see me getting Pioneer amp now, so Denon is top of my list.

i did have a x4100 and I only upgraded because of the missing dtsx and it could only do a 5.1.2 for atmos.

the new x4400 is pretty much the same as my x6200 and has a 5.1.4 atmos. I’d go for the x4400 and is £879 at peter Tyson reduced from £1499 and is a really good quality amp!

I have the 4300 and the 4400 is a slight step up,so a definite bargain.

Unless you need 13.2, best choice under a grand by a country mile.

Gel,what speakers you got now?

B&W FPM series 6 x 2, 5 x 1, 4 x 2 and Sub Pv1.

 

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If I had a 5.1 system, I would look at Anthem MRX 520. More channels theoretically compromises overall performance. I would get the best 5 channel AVR for the money.

Agreed- hasn’t Gel just got a 5.1 system?

So no point him buying the Denon X8500 or even the X6400.

Something like the Yamaha 1070 might be enough.

Yep. 5.1 system and not likely to change.

 

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If I had a 5.1 system, I would look at Anthem MRX 520. More channels theoretically compromises overall performance. I would get the best 5 channel AVR for the money.

Cheers BB, looks an interesting amp.