electronics expo has a pretty large discount on this audio receiver when you apply their coupon JKL33X . $524 comes off the price and any shipping costs are automatically taken out.
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posted: Sep. 2, 2009 @ 12:18p
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posted: Sep. 24, 2009 @ 8:38p
Just bought the Denon AVR-3310CL from www.expo.com for $982 got $515 off plus got 5% off for purchasing through www.bing.com rebate through microsoft in 60 days...bottom line $933!
If you have a Denon receiver, go to avsforum.com and search for a user 'batpig'. He's got a guide to setting these up that is apparently head-and-shoulders better than the cryptic Denon manual.
This is a good receiver, and at less than $950, a pretty good deal. I seriously considered it, before deciding it was a bit too expensive for me just now. You'll love the network connectivity feature!
This network connectivity feature - please explain to me.
Is it - attach to a ethernet hub - it will show up as a device on the hub - using the receiver I will then be able to connect to other devices on the hub (i.e. hard drives - computers - iTunes library - et. al) and I will be able to access this stuff on the receiver (i.e. MPEG 3 - ACC)?
How does this work? Do the devices show up on the TV where I can browse to different locations to select music? Can I select a folder of music to play and skip through it?
I've researched Onkyo's network feature set more than Denon's. What I know is that they both let you connect to accounts on some of the streaming music sites - Pandora, Rhapsody, Sirius. Exactly which depends on which manufacturer you've bought; some require a paid account (Sirius), while some stream free accounts (Pandora). The Onkyo will do firmware updates over the network connection, downloading the new FW and installing it without having to use a serial connection or take it in for service. And Onkyo will pick up internet radio stations and music servers (such as (but not limited to) a computer running Windows Media Player 11) to stream music from the computer's library -- I would guess that Denon can do this to.
The Receiver Forum on avsforum.com has fora dedicated to most popular receivers, and if not the receiver itself, then the brand; you can read a *lot* there about how all this stuff is *supposed* to work, as well as how it *does* work.
Before you drop close to $1000 on a receiver, I think it would be prudent to download the manual from the manufacturer's site and read it. Or, I'll take that receiver off your hands for a third what you paid for it, when it turns out it's not what you really wanted.
SelfGovern said: Before you drop close to $1000 on a receiver, I think it would be prudent to download the manual from the manufacturer's site and read it. Or, I'll take that receiver off your hands for a third what you paid for it, when it turns out it's not what you really wanted.
Heck I currently have a HTIB (home theater in a box) receiver. This would be a huge step up.
I wanted something that has higher output - the ability to get internet radio or play music off of network devices is a bonus.
Haven't pulled the trigger yet.
If you like Onkyo here is this receiver I was looking at from Amazon for $989:
The 876 is a beast, but doesn't have some of the latest features like heights, network, etc. Check out TigerDirect.com; if they still have 15% Bing, their deal on the Onkyo HT-RC180 (an almost-807) was pretty hard to beat at $680. I wrote it up here a few weeks ago, you can search for it. Ooops, looks like 10.2% now (10.3 at CircuitCity.com). Still a pretty good deal!
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