Originally Posted By: Ritz2
I posted a list not long ago of 3 different Onkyo AVR's with Audyssey XT32 ranging in price from $999 to $1350. And they all were much more full featured than the specs quoted for the 978. It's not a big stretch of the imagination to think that we'll be seeing XT32 in more sub $1000 AVRs soon. And as long as those AVR's have pre-outs....they're effectively processors.


I have to agree with Ritz. I think at that price point the consumers buying a processor or an AVR are mostly after features than SQ. Furthermore at a circa $1K price point, it's much more difficult to build a processor that will produce much better SQ than an AVR. The difference in SQ will most likely be marginal and then you're left to compete on features with the likes of Denon/Marantz and Onkyo/Integra... good luck!


Edited by jam (07/20/12 07:34 PM)
Edit Reason: typo