Video Asylum

In Reply to: Denon AVP-A! (AVR-8000) vs Sony TAE-9000ES.Am i upgrading or downgrading ? posted by Yiangos on March 12, 1999 at 01:41:49:

Unless you really need DTS, my gut feel is the move is actually sideways from the viewpoint of 2 channel performance. Different set of features and lights but that's about it.

I've got a digital pre that I use for HT. But I have it integrated with a 2 channel tube pre-amp that I use for 2 channel. If you can swing keeping the Denon and adding a truly good 2 channel pre-amp, then you are more likely to get a significant upgrade.