Need Help

[phish00]

Hey guys I need some help I was at 6th ave the other day the had a Pioneer elite SC 05 for $800 and a Denon 3808CI for $899 I'm conflicted about which one to get I have a Denon 2807 now and like Denon is there anyone out that can give me some feed back on which they like better for sound it would much appreciated for any help.

[Fors*]

I posted this yesterday about why I love my SC-05 as compared to an Onkyo 806

I say the Pioneer. It is 110 Watts with all channels driven (although I believe this may be inflated slightly) vs the Onkyo at 130 watts with only 2 channels driven. So, with all channels driven on the Onkyo, I feel pretty confident that it will be below the 110 watts per channel that the Pioneer states when all channels are driven.

This is just my opinion, but I had an Onkyo and now a Pioneer, and I feel the Pioneer just sounds less processed in its sound, thus resulting in a richer and cleaner sound. I am a huge fan of the Elite's ICE amps. I am also a big fan of MCACC, Pioneer's calibration set-up. Audyssey is excellent too, but I have liked the add'l features that come with MCACC in setting up the receiver. The Onkyo does have one more HDMI-in, but I personally do not have 5 pieces of equipment I needed to hook up by HDMI to the receiver, so this point was a mute one for me.