I’ve never seen the 70dB figure before. This would mean many people are causing hearing damage with moderately loud conversation.Where "prolonged" can be as little as 15 minutes:
What Noises Cause Hearing Loss? | NCEH | CDC
Noise is a significant source of hearing loss, but you can protect your hearing. An important first step is to understand how noise causes hearing loss.www.cdc.gov
And the hearing damage is unmeasurable but likely occurring cumulatively over years and decades.Where "prolonged" can be as little as 15 minutes:
What Noises Cause Hearing Loss? | NCEH | CDC
Noise is a significant source of hearing loss, but you can protect your hearing. An important first step is to understand how noise causes hearing loss.
Not that we know of. As pointed out above, it's not been tested. That doesn't mean it is bad, but just that we can't compare it's performance.
That Denon reputation is short-lived due to the AKM fire. There are some folks who won't buy another Denon product unless AKM makes a return!
The dac chip used really has somewhere between almost zero to absolutely zero impact on the actual audible sound of a device.
You might have seen my prior post on this but I'm coming from a Pioneer LX701 that had ES9016 DACs. My movie experience was so immersive that I was very often fooled and couldn't tell sounds from a movie vs reality. I really couldn't say the same about the 3800 whether it was on Audyssey or DL.
Perhaps.
Out of curiosity, which AVR are you replacing the 3800 with?
I used the word "clinical" sounding with the 3800. I think it's a good product for people .the tech is incredible but I need to enjoy the sound and it wasn't passable for music. I used the exact same audessy settings and know my room and equipment really well. I was disappointed by the 3800. I was really looking forward to having that much versatility.
4500.
For the purposes of the discussion, why does it matter?
Just curious if it will be an "upgrade", "downgrade", or "parallel" replacement.
I'm expecting it to be an upgrade. But not due to DAC/Amp sound quality.
I like ASR and support the web site and the approach. I try to avoid subjectivity when it comes to sound. I simply shared my experience not a belief. I hope you have a better experience than me with the 3800. This site didn't recommend it for the downgrading the dac section. Whether the implementation of that is audible to you or most people.. I don't know. I hope sincerely that you like it. I was going to spend the additional 1k to have a full range avr. I was dissociated.
I was being polite because he asked me a question.
Funny enough, I've never owned a Sony AVR. I've had Onkyo, Rotel, Pioneer, and the 3800 is my first Denon.
I had purchased the Pioneer and Intergra version of the 505 to try and upgrade with Dirac but you couldn't individually adjust the crossovers. I thought they needed work but the Dirac sounded very clear. I just was reading thru this thread to see how people were doing with them. I returned both of them. They were really inexpensive, tho. We have a Sony avr here that's great! It cost 300 dollars and does atmos and has dual subs. The gui is very good to. I couldn't calibrate the new version A1000 correctly. It has spatial audio. I couldn't find any help really online either. I think Sony engineering is very smart but it went over my head. I sold it to a guy in NJ.
