hiitsjack Posted May 9, 2008 Posted May 9, 2008 Hey all, Just thought I'd share my success with my recent purchase of the Denon 3808 and Kef 5005.2 surround sound system. I just could'nt be happier (touch wood). This is my first surround system and I'm just blown away by the incredible step change of the home theatre experience. I bought the 3808 from Sydney Hifi in Castle Hill for $3000 and the Kef 5005.2 from Eastwood Hifi for $3240 (including the rear stands). Setting up the system all went smoothly apart from the Auto set up telling me my front left and right speakers were reverse polarity even though they were'nt but the manual did mention this could happen with some speakers, so I ignored it. I was most impressed with the flexability of personalising the source input names and assigning the audio inputs to them, as I'm using a "HTPC" as my only input so far and this was'nt one of the default options of a source input. Of particuler success for me is the web interface with the 3808, I can connect to it via Internet Explorer and make live changes which is very helpful to me as my receiver is located in my laundry which is 2 rooms away (note the 3808 is wired ethernet only). The Kef 5005.2 speaker system sounds and looks awesome ! Once again I should re-iterate this is my 1st surround system. The last item I need to purchase to complete my HTPC system is a Blu-ray player and I'd like to think Denon has something on offer ? I'd like to get the ball rolling again with other peoples experiences so far with these receivers . Regards Jack
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