yamaha rxv -663 vs denon avr 888

[dtowntke]

Iam lookin for an audiophilist help, ok well this is the story. I bought the Denon Avr 888 From Dakmart and was very excited for it to arrive but when it arrived it wouldn't power up, so i contacted dakmart and they said they would contact denon because it was still under warrenty and denons refurbisher united radio would fix it. i was cool with that so i had to wait for and ups shipping lable email but it took a week for me to get it so i got a little upset and told the guy at dakmart i would like a refund, he said fine he needed to contact united radio to have them ship the unit to dakmart and they would refund me, so in the mean time i went out and found the yamaha rxv 663. so to make a long story short i got the yamaha dakmart didn't contact united radio in time and the denon is being sent back to me. so my question is which is a better built reciever, i like the future proofing of the yamaha with decodin of dts hd and dobly hd but i am running a ps3 so i am not really using it. i like the idea of the presence speakers event though i havn't tried it yet. now for the denon sense it was broke when i first recieved it i havnt had time to audition it but i like the idea audyessey and i am assunming the video up conversion is better on the denon because it has the dcdi chip compared to what ever chip yamaha uses. so which is a better build, which gives better sound, basicly which one should i keep and which one should i take back, they cost me the same amount of money 450.00

[kingofgrills]

Both Yamaha and Denon make great receivers. Personally, I would lean toward the new Yamaha receiver. Yamaha's always have super clean power and and great amplifier section. They also carry first class Burr Brown DACs on all channels, so they are very musical indeed.

Given the difficulty you've already experienced with the Denon, I'd recommend giving the Yamaha a try.

[crackinhedz]

high praises to Denon.

...but I sure wouldn't mind trying out one of them new Yamahas.