Reciever upgrade?

[Garth Man]

Hello all

I feel my Denon 1910 is not playing ball with my Kef 3005 SE speakers...

The centre sounds a bit dull (and low volume) and generally don't think I'm getting the best out of these speakers

Bugdet would be no more than £500

Now i'm not bothered at all about Airplay, Spotify etc as I use taht on my laptop, just general sound really

I'm not over keen on Onkyo (over heating i genrally find on otehr forums) but i did find a ONKYO TXSR876 for £299....now it is old and it could be overkill but would a Onkyo 609 be better than the 876? ( iwould of thought not)

cheers

 

[bigboss]

I would recommend this for a significant step up in sonic quality:

http://www.sevenoakssoundandvision.co.uk/products/productdetail/Yamaha+RX-A810++AV+Receiver++%28Save+300%29/part_number=RX-A810/1765.0.4.3.58511.0.0.0.0?pp=40&sort_selection=price_low_high&

 

[bigboss]

Cheaper here:

http://www.hiwayhifi.com/site/product.asp?section=1&cat=39&sub=237&prod=33981&dfe_c=261&dfe_t=fcdcc9216bf14a17bac9aecbc9088bcd&dfe_s=froogle

 

[Anonymous]

If you've concerned about heat then avoid the 876 - could have cooked eggs on my old one, it is one heck on an amp though and I'd partner it with something larger than your eggs ideally. The 876 is a much higher spec model than the 609 but is missing some of the more up-to-date features. I'd follow bigbosses advice, the Aventage receivers are at great prices right now for what you're getting.

 

[Frank Harvey]

I'd also look at the Yamaha's too. The 3005 packages always worked well with them (as well as other manufacturers), and sounded great on older Yamaha receivers in the £1,500 region, so no, it wouldn't be overkill looking at £1,000 receivers.