It's worth a try - the 83's analog section (7.1, not stereo) stacked up remarkably well against the 885 with Audyssey. My wife actually preferred the 83's 7.1 analog output to the HDMI for CD listening the one time that I staged an unintentional listening test with her. I haven't ever wrangled in an extra two cables to compare the stereo analog output as well, though.