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Leon55,
Yea, right now the Denon 1905 is holding out well against the more expensive and more powerful Pioneer 81. I have only done a few low level listening levels with music that I know and nothing is missing or being revealed more from one over the other. I have only used -50dB volume during the short one hour test and from there I believe I would give 5% to the P81 only because I THINK I hear a touch of clarity in a particular Kenny G song (First time I have pulled that out in about..... 10+ years!?) when there are high to low sounding chimes. I will continue to test. I don't NEED to replace my D1905 so I won't if there is not a noticeable difference in the presentation or sound quality that is better apprecaited to my ear.
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Even then, it was a subtle difference. So anyone with a good mid-priced or better receiver that has Ascend speakers, IMHO don't bother with an amplifier unless you like playing material at ear bleeding levels for long lengths at a time. 
Now I am anxiously waiting their arrival! I think this will probably be a noticable upgrade. Also, I figure the 170SE's will be easy to sell.
Originally Posted by Gov
The other speaker would have to be shelf mounted in the corner. My room layout is what has prevented me from stepping up to a 7.1 config. So the 200's will have to stay put. Anyways, I only have about 5 or 6 DVD-A's, a couple of DTS music discs and no plans to get any SACD stuff since I don't have a universal dvd player. The 200's are no slouch for any type of listening.
