Hello all!
First post here but this forum has answered many questions for me before, so here it goes:
I am looking for a new av receiver and for now I am leaned to the Yamaha RX-A1050 or the Marantz SR5010. I would really like to have the Yamaha, but it is too big in depth and this presents a challenge with my current furniture. The marantz is another option and its size is OK, so this is good. I heard Marantz and Denon are now the same thing, so that is why I put it in the mix, but I don't know what model to choose.
My current setup is two JBL ES80 at the front, one ES25C for the central, two ES30 for surrounds and the ES250P as a sub, making it a 5.1. At my current room I will not use 7.1 or 5.2 or whatever, but I would like 7.1 capability for the future or for multiroom use, and I chose these models firstly because of power and because I want to go a step higher.
The question is, which one is the best? I hear music probably 80% of the time, and as I said, yamaha presents a challenge. Where is the marantz better and where is it worse? My budget is around $1500. Also, am I looking at too big receivers for these speakers? Is my choice right?
Thank you!