AV Receiver Advice

there should be zero jump in image quality unless your previous AVR's were restricting you resolution wise. it's a digital signal and all processing should be turned off. so the 1's and 0's are the exact same.

did you change anything else in the chain? TV? Source?

like I say it should have made zero difference in terms of image. Sound Quality is hugely subjective and certain AVR's pair well with certain brands of speakers better than others or they have a sound which you prefer over others. The technology itself hasn't changed much over the years either. e.g. the sound from a yamaha amp from 3 years ago should be the same as one today. it's the features that have changed. bluetooth, dolby atmos, music cast, wi-fi, etc.

Possibly the calibration tools have gotten better? Or your using more or the right processing now?
 
The only thing I changed as far as the input source goes is I could set the V6 TV box to output all resolutions up to 4k, rather than restricting it to a maximum of 1080p.

As for the improvement in sound quality. Maybe the Audessy set up has improved between the 2000 and the 2300, but the change in amp was the only change in the hardware chain. But there was definitely a perceptible improvement that both my wife and I noticed.

If it was just my perception that the sound and image had improved, then maybe I could put that down to purchase justification. But when your wife notices too, then there has to be a difference.

Either way I'm happy with my purchase and my concerns over the speakers not being up to the task were unfounded.
 
I have the Denon 2300 its beautiful. Make sure you update the firmware so you can get the new DTS Neo 6 sound mode.
 
varkanoid said:
I have the Denon 2300 its beautiful. Make sure you update the firmware so you can get the new DTS Neo 6 sound mode.
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Not 100% convinced yet using either Dolby Surround upmixing or DTS: Neural X on my X1300W (Mainly with Stereo sources e.g. from non-HD channels on Sky) - in this regards my old Sony AMP seemed to do a better job (* I say better - may just be "different").

My opinion may change though as soon as my other speakers arrive and I expand it to a 7.1 setup. In all other aspects though the Denon is a decent step on from the Sony I replaced (despite being at a slightly lower position within the respective range).
 
Armageus said:
Not 100% convinced yet using either Dolby Surround upmixing or DTS: Neural X on my X1300W (Mainly with Stereo sources e.g. from non-HD channels on Sky) - in this regards my old Sony AMP seemed to do a better job (* I say better - may just be "different").

My opinion may change though as soon as my other speakers arrive and I expand it to a 7.1 setup. In all other aspects though the Denon is a decent step on from the Sony I replaced (despite being at a slightly lower position within the respective range).
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I had a Sony and thought they were the bees knees till I get the Denon. It just works. It has twin hdmi outputs, plenty of hdmi inputs. I rarely have to do anything with it. I could do with some new speakers for my 6.1 setup but they have to be really discreet. My current ones are a right mish mash but are small (and powerful enough) not to be too noticeable by the other half.
 
I have to say I really rate my 2300, great AMP and made my tannoy speakers sound even better than my Sony STR DN1040 ever did.
 
barmyllama said:
The only thing I changed as far as the input source goes is I could set the V6 TV box to output all resolutions up to 4k, rather than restricting it to a maximum of 1080p.

As for the improvement in sound quality. Maybe the Audessy set up has improved between the 2000 and the 2300, but the change in amp was the only change in the hardware chain. But there was definitely a perceptible improvement that both my wife and I noticed.

If it was just my perception that the sound and image had improved, then maybe I could put that down to purchase justification. But when your wife notices too, then there has to be a difference.

Either way I'm happy with my purchase and my concerns over the speakers not being up to the task were unfounded.
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so your resolution has been increased by the box it's possibly upscaling everything now?

i noticed a big improvement going from a yamaha 677 to a yamaha 781. i put it down to increase in power (i have rather large speakers) and it has better room correction software now.

i know the extra power helped a lot as i felt before they were being restricted.

in terms of PQ though no change what so ever. even though old amp was 1080p and new one is 4k.
 
As far as my V6 box goes it probably is upscaling properly now.

The problem is when my wife commented I was watching a video stream from my Plex server. In which case the Denon 2000 and 2300 should be producing the same image quality. But the new amp definitely looked better.

Probably just a settings thing.
 
like i said before it's a digital signal. no difference in quality. unless the video processor in your old AVR was crap. again there should be zero processing though you want direct passthrough when it comes to the actual image.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
so your resolution has been increased by the box it's possibly upscaling everything now?

i noticed a big improvement going from a yamaha 677 to a yamaha 781. i put it down to increase in power (i have rather large speakers) and it has better room correction software now.

i know the extra power helped a lot as i felt before they were being restricted.

in terms of PQ though no change what so ever. even though old amp was 1080p and new one is 4k.
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You'll find larger speakers need less power. Compare speakers from a range, and you'll find the bookshelf having far less speaker efficiency than the floorstanders.

As for PQ through AVR, it should be the same, although if it has some kind of OSD it may do something to it
 
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