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Polk Audio Monitor30
January, 2001

$130.00

Pros

Great bass for a speaker of this size.
Incredible mids, highs, imaging.
Spectacular value.
Bi-amp capable dual binding post terminals.
Built in keyhole slot for wall hanging.

Cons

faux finish

Sony BDP-S350
July, 2008

$400.00

Pros

Supports BD-Live
Bitstreams all audio formats
Ethernet port for Web-content and firmware updates

Cons

Cannot play AVCHD discs with DTS/DTS-HD/MA or Dolby TrueHD.
No "smooth scan" feature for scanning forwards & backwards through movies (displays only a couple of frames per second).
Will not play DivX / Xvid movies.

Denon DVD-1940CI
April, 2005

$369.00

Pros

Excellent DVD video upconverting using HDMI and Faroudja DCDi processing.
Plays almost every disc available except for blu-rays.
Fast load times for DVDs and CDs.
Nice build quality with gold plated rear jacks and aluminum face plate.

Cons

No distance compensation or DSD bitstream output for SACD.
Even with the 2MB buffer, still has a slight pause on DVD-Video disc layer change.

Polk Audio Monitor 70
September, 2004

$920.00

Pros

Great value
Bi-amp capable speaker terminals.
Nice crossover network using 2 1/2 way design
Crisp highs and mids

Cons

cabinet is quite deep (sticks out a lot from the wall)
only available in black or cherry

Sherwood RX-4103 2 Channels Receiver

$80.00

Pros

Good sound quality for the price.
Discrete amplifier design plays loud and clear.
Has tone direct function for pure sound reproduction.

Cons

No direct station tuning available.
No binding post speaker terminals (the RX-4109 which replaced it does though).
No tape monitor loop or Preout/Main-in for use of an EQ.

Denon AVR-988
October, 2007

$1,119.00

Pros

Great build and sound quality
Decodes all the latest HD surround formats
Plenty of clean power even in 7 channel operation

Cons

Small bug that affects input display signal in DTS-MA 7.1 (reads it as 5.1 but still decodes in 7.1). Can be fixed by sending unit off to Denon for a firmware update.
Only 2 HDMI inputs (newer model AVR-989 does offer 4)
Does not blend on screen menu over video sources through the HDMI output. (Switches from video source to menu instead)

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