Thanks!
For DVD players, go with a Panasonic, Toshiba or Pioneer as the Onkyo and
Denon players are merely just rebadged Toshiba players with a couple of
hundred bucks tacked onto the price. That's a steep price to pay for players
that don't support CDR or MP3. But if you have to match, Integra makes a DVD
player, along with a great CD player.
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The Denon 3700 performance is superlative (CD audio is
absolutely amazing). On the down side, its slow control is
(for me) a serious shortcoming, is is the lack of CD-R or
CD-RW play capability. I seriously doubt it's a rebadged
Toshiba (Toshiba has no carousel player that approaches the
3700 -- they can't even close to the 3700 in their day
dreams). In addition, Denon Customer Service is superb
compared to Toshiba's sleazy crap.
-- Ron
Integra is Onkyo, isn't it?
Not really...it's a few steps above Onkyo. There used to be Onkyo and Onkyo
Integra..Onkyo was the cheaper mass produced stuff and the Integra was the
higher end stuff. Now Integra is a seperate line, to put more seperation
between the two brands I would assume.
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In the same sense that Mark Levinson is Harman-Kardon, yes.
--
Stewart Pinkerton | Music is art, audio is engineering
"Matt" <menge...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Agreed. Great unit.
>
> The Denon 3700 performance is superlative (CD audio is
> absolutely amazing). On the down side, its slow control is
> (for me) a serious shortcoming, is is the lack of CD-R or
> CD-RW play capability. I seriously doubt it's a rebadged
> Toshiba (Toshiba has no carousel player that approaches the
> 3700 -- they can't even close to the 3700 in their day
> dreams). In addition, Denon Customer Service is superb
> compared to Toshiba's sleazy crap.
I don't know if it is still the case or not, but the earlier Denon DVD
players were Panasonic OEM guts.
Dennis
>
>"Ron" <ron***KILL_SPAM_DEAD***a...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> The Denon 5800 is one of the best receivers around, period
>> -- both performance and build quality. I understand the
>> Integra is also good (though I haven't heard it or looked
>> under the hood).
>
>Agreed. Great unit.
>
>
>>
>> The Denon 3700 performance is superlative (CD audio is
>> absolutely amazing). On the down side, its slow control is
>> (for me) a serious shortcoming, is is the lack of CD-R or
>> CD-RW play capability. I seriously doubt it's a rebadged
>> Toshiba (Toshiba has no carousel player that approaches the
>> 3700 -- they can't even close to the 3700 in their day
>> dreams). In addition, Denon Customer Service is superb
>> compared to Toshiba's sleazy crap.
>
>
>I don't know if it is still the case or not, but the earlier Denon DVD
>players were Panasonic OEM guts.
Yes indeed, I'd tend to go with a Denon 5800 and Toshiba SD900 pairing
rather than all Denon, since Toshiba DVD players have consistently had
leading edge performance, matched only by Sony. Denon DVD players do
seem overpriced, unlike their excellent receivers.
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My Toshiba DVD player bit the dust after 3 years of use. My
Denon DVD player, same vintage, is running like a top.
Toshiba service (likely, he'll need it soner or later) is
the pits -- Denon is better than average.
Also, the 5800 comes with the RC-8000 (Aktis) univeral
remote that comes preprogrammed for Denon stuff. If he goes
with the Toshiba player, he'll have to reprogram the remote.
No big deal, if he's into that sort of thing -- but a
hassle, otherwise.
-- Ron
Charlie - Seattle
"Brian L. McCarty" <opera...@worldjazz.com> wrote in message
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> in article 3b0ca1ac...@news.freeserve.net, Stewart Pinkerton at
> pat...@popmail.dircon.co.uk wrote on 24/5/01 16:17:
>
> > Yes indeed, I'd tend to go with a Denon 5800 and Toshiba SD900 pairing
> > rather than all Denon
>
> Then you lose the "one remote" capability.
>
> The problem with the 5800 is they stick you with the Aktis (or whatever
it's
> called) remote, probably the most powerful piece of crap remote ever made.
>
>
Do people really make A/V decisions based upon bundled remote controls?
Geez... Buy a pronto,or better yet go get a Creston or Panja touchscreen
and take all your remotes and throw them in a box in a closet somewhere
(After you remove the batteries). :-)
The Aktis that comes with the Denon 5800 is on the same
order as the Pronto. The pronto would present the same
problem -- it would need to be programmed.
Apparently, McCarthy couldn't program a remote to save his
life, so it scares him out of his (already limited) wits.
Most of the rest of us will take 20 minutes and do it, no
problem.
-- Ron