techsamurai
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And my speakers and room are different than yours.
So that got us precisely nowhere.
It seems unlikely that three different AVR's underperform audibly in the same way - so I am leaning towards the suggestion made above that your previous set up over emphasised some elements of the frequency response in a way you have got used to. You probably do need to listen to one of the new systems consistently for a while to re-tune your hearing.
Alternatively, get a measurement mic, (Umik 1) and measure the frequency response of the alternative setups to see if that shows you any difference.
Keep them and you'll hear differences when you have multiple AVRs - the sounds in inspiration may be inaudible or less resolved on some AVRs. I suspect on super high end gear, there is even more space between the sounds than the 8002.
The twingling left to right on the 8002 is really impressive. I might have accidentally found a song that separates good receivers from bad in that frequency.
Actually Gipsy Kings are amazing at telling gear apart. They play notes so fast on the Flamenco guitars - the clips both have the ultra fast progressions - and you know those sequences are alive so AVRs either choke on them or play them like slothes which sound completely wrong.
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