Receiver choice...help.

[1tribeca]

I'm hoping eventually to purchase a Pioneer Elite panel later this year.

A little more attainable pricewise is a new receiver (my current Yam is pro logic) I like the look of the Elite receivers as well. I was shocked at the affordability of the top line model. Is this a wise purchase? Should I stick to Yamaha? Another brand? Help!!!!

 

[Leprkon]

It all depends on what you want to accomplish, and how much you are willing to spend. There are good models from Yamaha, Denon, Onkyo, Marantz, and Pioneer.

If you are just wanting digital sound, you might want to look into one of these very affordable receivers for now, use what you save for the TV, and then come back down the road for something more substantial.

At under $200 shipped, either is a good choice and will serve you pretty well if you been living with ProLogic all these years.

http://www.ubid.com/Yamaha_HTR-5940__630_Watts_6.1Ch._A/V_Home_Theater/a11036057.html

http://www.ubid.com/Denon_AVR-587_525_Watts_7.1_Ch.AV_Home_Theater/a11036056.html

http://www.accessories4less.com/cgi-bin/item/ONKTXSR504B


A couple of steps up would be this one for under $250 shipped:

http://www.ubid.com/Yamaha_HTR-5960_805_Watts_7.1Ch._A/V_Home_Theater_Receiver/a11036058.html

If you want to get more serious than these, let us know and we can post to match.

 

[1tribeca]

Sure...let's get a little more serious. I'm mostly using it for movies/TV...no music duties.

I'm running a pair of Boston VR975...and a smaller pair of satellites at the rear...still looking for a centre ch.

 

[Leprkon]

more serious, ok...

if you're an HDMI fanatic, one of these might be the ticket..

http://www.secondact.biz/product/AVR2307CIRB

for some raw grunt but alot of non-HDMI options, maybe one of these

http://dakmart.com/itemdetails/28983/173/

or iff'n you;re wanting grunt and HDMI, the Emotiva Ultra Theater series

http://www.emotiva.com/products.html

 

[1tribeca]

Cool.

Must show my ignorance here...never heard of Emotive before. Is it good stuff?

 

[AlphaWolf]

It all depends on what you want to accomplish, and how much you are willing to spend. There are good models from Yamaha, Denon, Onkyo, Marantz, and Pioneer.

If you are just wanting digital sound, you might want to look into one of these very affordable receivers for now, use what you save for the TV, and then come back down the road for something more substantial.

At under $200 shipped, either is a good choice and will serve you pretty well if you been living with ProLogic all these years.

http://www.ubid.com/Yamaha_HTR-5940__630_Watts_6.1Ch._A/V_Home_Theater/a11036057.html

http://www.ubid.com/Denon_AVR-587_525_Watts_7.1_Ch.AV_Home_Theater/a11036056.html

http://www.accessories4less.com/cgi-bin/item/ONKTXSR504B


A couple of steps up would be this one for under $250 shipped:

http://www.ubid.com/Yamaha_HTR-5960_805_Watts_7.1Ch._A/V_Home_Theater_Receiver/a11036058.html

If you want to get more serious than these, let us know and we can post to match.

Just curious, how would most of you compare the onkyo 504 with the pioneer 816 with a small room setup and without regard to any video features? (I don't need them.) Also, one thing I really like about the pioneer is how accurate the MCACC setup is, does the onkyo 504 have a similar feature?

 

[AlphaWolf]

bump

screw flanders