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Purchase a receiver or what? need your advice.

Hello everyone, I will be purchasing a Sony 65" 930E  during this holiday sales season. Along with it I want to pair it up with a power source that with take advantage of the full 4k experience.

I will have a 7.1 speaker configuration consisting of Polk RTi12 fronts, Polk FXi A6 for the surrounds and rear surrounds, Polk CSi6 center, SVS PB 12 NSD subwoofer.

My source will be a Oppo 205 4K Blueray player. 

I have been looking at two AV receivers... Denon 6400H and Marantz 8012. Their specs are pretty similar. I have a Denon receiver that I use at work that must be 15 years old that I have never had a problem with,  so I kind of trust the build quality of their product.  

So should I pick one of those or should I go another way?

Thanks for your input. 
meambler

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meambler OP
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Thanks everyone. This set up will be solely for Blueray /4k / Cable Tv / Netflix.

I have a separate 2ch. rig that the Oppo 205 will also be used to listen to music. That consists of... 
Coda CSiB Integrated,
Revel F52 Speakers,
VPI Aries Scout TT with an Ortofon 2m Bronze cart, 
Herron VTPH-1 Phono Stage,
SVS SB-13 Ultra sub,
Teo liquid metal interconnects
and a Morrow Ph-3 cable between the VPI and Herron.

@caphill   "But the Marantz SR8012 has more up-to-date features and formats compatibility (4k with latest HDR Dolby Vision & HDMI version, Dolby Atmos, DTS-X, Auro 3D)."

I do want all the up-to-date do-dads. Along with the Hdmi 2.2 which I understand you must have for true 4k.
meambler OP
102 posts
 
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