New amp and speaker question

Going on used prices for the Denon of £80-£100 then that values the speakers at £150. There's no sub of course, but still it's hard to argue with that value.

The question is whether the Denon is a solid investment i.e. does it work without issue, and do you have a BD player with 5.1/7.1 analogue outputs. The market for these big old amps is fairly small; new buyers will tip £150 into a budget AV receiver because it has HDMIs, HD audio decoding, 4K pass through etc, and people with larger budgets can find later models with HDMI and similar power levels for not much more in real terms if they're willing to forego 4K and network features (e.g Onkyo 809 / Yamaha RXV2000 series, bigger Pioneers @ £150-£200). Arguably there's a better chance of selling something like those on in the future because the buyer doesn't need a source device with analogue multi-channel outputs to enjoy HD sound. Streamers don't have that and it's a feature becoming increasingly rare (and expensive) on new Blu-ray players.

So, the justifications for the AVC-A10se are really (a) it sounds better than anything else at similar 'used' money (which I don't think it does), or (b) it's all I need now and for the foreseeable future (that's a personal decision), or (c) I don't plan on ever selling it, I'll use it as a power amp at some point in the future.
 
I have a Yamaha amp with 5 little speakers and a sub (all the same make-yamaha)

All my music,films ect are on my nas and viewed on my 50" plasma via amazon fire tv/kodi.

I am quite sure im not fussed about future upgrades or 4k ect,just wondered if the deal is worth the money with the age of everything,its all in really really good condition and hardly used.
 
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