Replacement for Denon X2200W?

Replacement for Denon X2200W?

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Griffith4ever

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Sunday 21st April
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My X2200W has now lost its HDMI Monitor 2 output, so my projector doesn't work unless you swap the HDMI cable into HDMI Monitor 1. It has shown signs of being wobbly for ages - total loss of picture until you power cycle the amp - used to happen once per movie. Now its dead (monitor 2 output)

Any pointers on a replacement? It lasted 8 years.

Needs to have dual HDMI outputs, controllable/selectable from Harmony, 6.1, powerful, good with music too. I'd rather it wasn't bigger as I had a custom cabinet made! - though the CD player on top could get moved if I have to.

Not keen on spending £1000 on something that means I dont have to swap an HDMI cable over once in a blue moon for movie nights. I'm also getting the impression that AV amp manufacturers are shifting dual monitor outputs to their higher end (£700+) amps as a differentiator...

Griffith4ever

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Monday 22nd April
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Cheers, can't quite believe the jump in prices. Missed out on the 2700s but am in touch with Hyperfi who had some , and have more coming in. I really don't weant to spend £699 on a box that doesn't seem to offer anything more to me than I already have. The price of the 2700 is more palatable as a "fix".

Its a shame, I still have a lovely gold 3802 that i only retired due to wanting HDMI switching (loved the musicality of that amp). I think for now I might just live with manually swapping out the projector HDMI cable at movie time.

I MAY.... get a new amp if it's a major jump . I'm currently running Mirage OM9s with matching surrounds and centre (and a B&W 1000W 12" sub) and I'd entertain the idea of spending, say. a grand to £1500 if it was also a big musical jump, as I never felt the AVR X2200W was a patch on the 3802 in terms of musicality.

Not my actual speakers - but the same.


Griffith4ever

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Monday 22nd April
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Lucid - what direction would you point me in for around £1500 ish? / decent stup up from the 2200. Been reading reviews but fairly lost. (I thought I liked the sound of DIRAC Live until I saw it's another $500 on top!!).

Some of the big Marantz stuff looks nice like the SR8015 (can be got for £1500)
Onkyo - are they still a thing?
Sony's latest gets great reviews.

Most of the review sites now just seem to be sponsored...

Yeah, I've gone ffrom cheap/maybe to, fk it. Lets' go bigger....

Edited by Griffith4ever on Monday 22 April 22:42

Griffith4ever

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Tuesday 23rd April
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Cheers. the Marantz SR8015 offers more than the 50 in terms of performance as far as I can tell, more than the 40 in fact. I'm not fussed about advanced features, and I like the idea ofa 6 year warranty - seriously leaning that way, especially for the power. Shame I have nowhere local to audition. Regarding Denon - I feel kind of pissed that my 2200w failed, and I never "loved" it, so am reluctent to "Denon" again for a while, even though the very bland looking X6700 seems to get godo reviews.

Wondering what the Marantz will sound like with music compared to teh Denon.

Griffith4ever

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Wednesday 24th April
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Thanks all, will continue to scratch my chin. Accepted that my CD player will have to go on top of my hifi unit to let whatever lives below breathe properly. I'm wondering if my fond memories of my 3803 are biased as I last heard it in a different house and the room acoustics were perfect. My current place is square with high ceilings...

Watched Dune Part 2 last night on the 2200 and it was superb (less so the movie - I fell asleep towards the end!).

Interesting tsuff from Lucid, thanks.

Griffith4ever

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Wednesday 24th April
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Glosphil said:
Can't you buy a simple switchbox to share 1 HDMI socket between 2 devices?
Of course I can, but it would break the home automation / harmony routine, and, deprive me of an unnecessary upgrade!

I have an HDMI switcher some where :-o

Griffith4ever

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Wednesday 1st May
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Lucid_AV said:
Super Sonic said:
Maybe you need to buy a gramaphone!
Do you want Dolby B with that?
... and tweeters

.. another question - if I'm to upgrade my amp - I am thinking a speaker upgrade in terms of adding atmos might be fun and help justify it in my mind.

2 Questions.

1) I'd be adding atmos top middle overheads. Do you notice this in movies? is this addition significant?

I have an unusually high ceiling - 11ft . I can add these speakers easily as I'd utilise the picture rail running round the room to hide the cables. The easiest install for me would be mounting them directly above the picture rails = 10ft up - pointing inwards / angled down. They could easily be mounted parallel to our listening position. I'm not putting them "on" the ceiling unless they are right up against the wall sides - aesthetics. I have NO access above me (lath and plaster) ceilings. Would this be adequate? For reference, my surround sides (just behind us each side, bipoles) are just under 6ft up the walls. Am I just going to be adding more surround sides if I don't put them actually above us? They'd be above us, just to the sides!

2) I have a single central back surround on the rear wall behind and above us. I have no intention of changing this. I assume most amps like my current Denon support a single surround back?

This would make a 6.1.2 system

Cheers




Edited by Griffith4ever on Wednesday 1st May 19:22