Denon AVR-2802 AV Amp

alastair79 · 26 Feb 2008 at 13:42

My uncle left me this Amp after he emigrated to New Zealand, he said it good but old. What do guys think, should I keep this and add some nice speakers to it or should I sell it and put the money towards a new home cinema package (Amp, DVD and Speakers)??

If it helps I'd be hooking it upto a Sony 40” 1080p LCD and a Denon DVD-1930 upscaling DVD player.

Thanks in advance.

jellybeard999 · 26 Feb 2008 at 13:47

Good amp, you'd be looking at Onkyo 605 etc as its equivalent. Its missing HDMI though, so if thats important to you you might want to look elsewhere ?

Theguy · 26 Feb 2008 at 13:48

I have just been checking out some reviews of the amp. all come in very highly..
heres one for example:
http://www.homecinemachoice.com/reviews/hccreviews/Amplifiers/Denon/DenonAVR2802.php

I have always been a fan of the Denon products tbh so a little bit of fanboyish-ness coming in perhaps, but i stay keep it!

Fr0dders · 26 Feb 2008 at 13:51

yeah keep it, its a good amp

just a little old maybe, but looks like it can do the important stuff.

Hen_Dawg · 26 Feb 2008 at 14:14

Denon make some great AV amps but they still wouldn't fetch loads on the second hand market so it would end up costing a fair bit to get something of similar quality new.

alastair79 · 26 Feb 2008 at 15:15

Thanks people, looks like I’ll be keeping the monster then

Just been having a look at some speakers, would some Mordaunt Short 302 Avant’s give me a good sound, I'm not looking to spend too much.

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tom_nieto · 26 Feb 2008 at 16:08

I have its bigger brother the 3802, and it's fab. I wouldn't even consider upgrading until I had the need for muliple HDMI ports.

Fuzz · 26 Feb 2008 at 21:50

Once AudioT return my email, I'll be the proud owner of a 3808

and my 2805 will be for sale.

I knew going to the sound and vision show on Sunday was a bad idea!

Kamakazie! · 27 Feb 2008 at 01:52

alastair79 said:
Thanks people, looks like I’ll be keeping the monster then Just been having a look at some speakers, would some Mordaunt Short 302 Avant’s give me a good sound, I'm not looking to spend too much.

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I've got a set of 302s hooked up to a CA 540R and for the money/size i think the sound is very good.
These are going as my surrounds once i have space to hook up my new 916i's