Which is better?

[Mike^S]

it was quite loud! What a questyion?

I used to have a lower priced Onkyo receiver. It's volume control ramped differently than most receivers. On most modern receivers, you have to turn the volume control up quite high to get loud volume. On the Onkyo, 40 out of 80 on the volume was quite loud. This doesn't mean the Onkyo has more power than the Denon 2805 I have now. It just means they ramp up the volume differently than other receivers.