Sony STR-DN1040 or DN850?

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I have been looking at replacing my current Sony AV Receiver with something a little more up to date and i want to get another Sony as i like the integration between the PS4 and 50W829 TV i have.

I was looking at getting a DN850 Sony as it's recently just been released and has some good reviews but it's got me thinking about maybe just getting last years better model, the DN1040, for less money.

Is the 1040 better than the 850, any features in the 850 that are new to this year?

EDIT - Could even go for the 840 and save some more money.
 
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I'm using 20+ year old Monitor Audio floor standers and with 3 more smaller Monitor Audio for centre and rear. Old but sound great.

I'm currently using a a Sony DA1200ES, love the sound but no HDMI audio.

Main things I need are BI-AMP, Airplay, Nice Menu, HDMI sound.
 
MagicBoy said:
I'd go with the 1040 then.

One potentially show stopping thing for existing Sony owners - they got rid of the blue light indicating multichannel decoding. The swines!
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Hmmmm so is the 1040 still a better receiver than the new 2014 850?

And yeah, the blue light is awesome on my current.
 
Ordered one from Richer Sounds and they're sending it to me! Awesome! :)

He mentioned they only have 29 in stock at their main depot and may not be getting anymore in.

EDIT - Strangely since ordering via the phone the website now lets you order it online.
 
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Amp turned up today! Thank god they use DPD.

Looking forward to hearing it...not looking forward to the process in which to get to hearing it...urgh!
 
Raymond Lin said:
Actually, that is relatively painless, the sound field detection thing is surprisingly short and basic compare to the Pioneer.

That being said, if it requires an update, it will take a good 20 minutes. It will turn itself on and off a couple of times so don't be alarmed.
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Not so much that bit but the wiring...URGH! Effort! :p

Would be good now as my old DA1200ES only did HDMI pass through so i was reliant on phonos and optical!
 
MagicBoy said:
Awful job isn't it! I figured it would be a 5 minute job swapping the amp, only to discover I never got around to installing the banana plugs on the amp end of the speaker wires. :mad:

Then I couldn't find the safe place I'd put the banana plugs , so just installed it using bare wires. On the upside I pulled out lots of now redundant optical, phono and component leads.
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Yep, no banana plugs and a load of cable management! Got rid of a load of redundant optical and phono cables now though! :p

Just updating...how long does this take? :eek:
 
Does anyone elses 1040 have a slight noise that comes from it, not really a 50Hz hum but like a slightly higher pitched noise. Old amp was silent.

Airplay is fantastic.
 
Rang up Richer Sounds about the 50/60Hz hum and no questions asked they're sending a new one out and swapping them around for me! Excellent service from them! First time dealing with them and not going to be the last now! Fantastic.

Hopefully the new one is silent but judging by other peoples reports on the internet, replacement seem the same...
 
New amp turned up but it does the same thing...makes me think it's just the way the amp is...

Take a listen here and see what you think.

http://clyp.it/v0vaxepl

Richer Sounds have been excellent though, really bent over backwards to make sure I'm happy which is great!
 
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MagicBoy said:
The high frequency whistling effect?

I can just about hear something similar from mine when powered up, but only if my ear is a couple of inches from the amp and the fish tank filter is off. Average background noise is 42db according to the freebie app on my smartphone
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There is capacitor squeal which is not so bad but the more annoying thing is the low frequency hum which fills a room when it's in situ. :(

Maybe I'm just being particularly anal about it but coming from my old amp it's a bit annoying.
 
Got a call back from RS and they pretty much want me to buy the 1050 now...which I'm not really going to do. I was £100 over budget with the 1040. I don't feel like the 1050 is a big leap over the 1040 and I've heard there is hum issues with those too...

Got a couple days to mull it over anyway. Shame RS is so far away.
 
Took the second 1040 back in person...couldn't handle the hum.

Didn't want to risk the 1050 and picked up a Yamaha RX-V777 for a really great price to replace it. The GUI is comical compared to the Sony though! :p
 
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