68sting
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Well I'm at the end of my rope. I had a pair of Aerius i's being run by a Denon 3300 about three years ago and they sounded great. I recently decide to put together a home theater and purchased a Theater, Ascent i's,scripts, and my original Aerius i's. I then purchased a Denon 5803 to run the theater and my problems began. It sounds bad. (If I went to best buy with $800 I would have a better sounding system) If I hook up my 13 year old JVC (right channel doesn't even work any more) to one of the Ascent i's and the other to the Denon with the same source they sound the same. They sound very hollow, tinny, and cold. Well I took the Denon to my local dealer to be repaired. The tech. guy called and said it was working fine so he sent it back. Hooked it up still sounded bad. Sent it back same result so we hooked it up to some B&W in the store and it sounded great.
The salesman said he used to sell ML in NY and knew a lot about them. 1.He thought ML had probems at high alltitude.(I now live in Colorado Springs) 2. His next guess was the Denon was having a current issue. That would explain why they worked fine on efficeint speakers like the B&W's but had trouble with the Logans. I called Denon to see if they had any idea's and they didn't.
So why did my old 3300 sound good and my much better 5803 sounds like an old JVC? I'm getting ready to sell it and maybe buy a Sunfire Ultimate Receiver. Any thoughts? My friend who bought the 3300 is going to bring it by next week to see how that sounds.
I was very excited to get my all Logan theater going, and now I don't want anybody to hear it!
The salesman said he used to sell ML in NY and knew a lot about them. 1.He thought ML had probems at high alltitude.(I now live in Colorado Springs) 2. His next guess was the Denon was having a current issue. That would explain why they worked fine on efficeint speakers like the B&W's but had trouble with the Logans. I called Denon to see if they had any idea's and they didn't.
So why did my old 3300 sound good and my much better 5803 sounds like an old JVC? I'm getting ready to sell it and maybe buy a Sunfire Ultimate Receiver. Any thoughts? My friend who bought the 3300 is going to bring it by next week to see how that sounds.
I was very excited to get my all Logan theater going, and now I don't want anybody to hear it!