andy wrote:
The gist I get is that the Denon receivers are *very* good for films,
but, like most others, aren't so hot for music.


I am not familiar with multichannel home cinema systems but I am
curious what this might imply. In what way does the reproduction of
sound for films (which would seem to contain a lot of music) differ
from that for music alone? Is it simply that the pictures distract you
from the poor sound quality and so it matters less?


I think the point they're getting at is that movie sound requires bass
and attack, whereas music requires much more subtlety.

What Hi-FI magazine describe 'slow bass' as something that goes
"'whoompa-whoompa' and can dominate the music". A highly technical
description I'm sure.

It seems to be a common criticism that surround systems don't do music
much justice, though I must admit that I've only tried some very
expensive receivers that are owned by my company (i.e. I've not listed
to music through a surround receiver that cost less than 3000GBP).

Funnily enough, I can't afford a 3000GBP receiver, and I doubt many can.

Sploo.