“Compared with this market’s class leaders – the aforementioned Sony and Denon’s most recent five-star amp (the AVR-X2500H) – it lags noticeably behind both for punch, and trails the Sony in particular for that dynamic variance and musical detail.
If you do go for the Onkyo, take care with system matching. You won’t be able to inject any of what it lacks, but you could double down on it with an equally safe-sounding speaker package. Best to let this amp feed a livelier package, such as the Dali Zensor 1 5.1, and make the most of what enthusiasm it has.”
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