- Aug 10, 2019
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Hi folks,
Having investigated the various <£400 models available late last year, I had my heart set on getting a STR-DA2400ES following all the positive feedback I'd seen from the a/v community. Unfortunately I just couldn't afford it back then. I found out yesterday that they were painfully short on stock and spotted that Amazon claimed to have some. I ordered one immediately and it was all going swimmingly until I phoned earlier on today and customer services told me there are actually none in stock and they have no idea when they may be getting any more. 🙁
I've scoured the web frantically searching for any remaining stock and it looks pretty bleak to say the least. With this in mind, I was wondering what you might reccommend as a substitute amp around the same price and spec.
What's important to me are the following:
Compatible with all standard/new HD audio formats
min of 3x HDMI inputs
Video upscaling - 1080p/full HD compatible
Needs to be 7.1 capable
I have the first generation KEF eggs & sub to power with the thing btw and will be using it with my 40" Bravia and PS3 as blu-ray player. I also do lots of gaming on Xbox360 on same rig. Listening to music comes a definite second to watching films on this amp, so I'm not too fussed if it doesn't shine when playing tunes but want a great hd-audio (blu-ray) performance.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I'm in a real quandry at the moment. My backup was going to be the Yamaha DSP-AX863SE, but apparently I missed the boat on that one too!
Cheers
Si
Having investigated the various <£400 models available late last year, I had my heart set on getting a STR-DA2400ES following all the positive feedback I'd seen from the a/v community. Unfortunately I just couldn't afford it back then. I found out yesterday that they were painfully short on stock and spotted that Amazon claimed to have some. I ordered one immediately and it was all going swimmingly until I phoned earlier on today and customer services told me there are actually none in stock and they have no idea when they may be getting any more. 🙁
I've scoured the web frantically searching for any remaining stock and it looks pretty bleak to say the least. With this in mind, I was wondering what you might reccommend as a substitute amp around the same price and spec.
What's important to me are the following:
Compatible with all standard/new HD audio formats
min of 3x HDMI inputs
Video upscaling - 1080p/full HD compatible
Needs to be 7.1 capable
I have the first generation KEF eggs & sub to power with the thing btw and will be using it with my 40" Bravia and PS3 as blu-ray player. I also do lots of gaming on Xbox360 on same rig. Listening to music comes a definite second to watching films on this amp, so I'm not too fussed if it doesn't shine when playing tunes but want a great hd-audio (blu-ray) performance.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I'm in a real quandry at the moment. My backup was going to be the Yamaha DSP-AX863SE, but apparently I missed the boat on that one too!
Cheers
Si