Help w/ Receiver Choice

[ENDERcrs]

Hi Guys,

My family recently moved into a house and the basement happened to be wired for surround sound. I'm looking into purchasing a "beginners/budget" 7.1 receiver to go along with some budget speakers. Currently looking at these receivers:

Denon AVR-688
Onkyo R591
Onkyo R590
Sony STR-DH520

I'm trying to keep the price at or below $200. I understand this isn't going to get me anything award winning. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[ImcLoud]

7.1 is tough, tons of options for 200 and less with 5.1... The cheapest I would go is this guy here DENON AVR-1712 7.1 A/V Surround Receiver | Accessories4less but that stretches the budget a bit... the avr688 will do for the list you have though..

 

[diceman1000]

say no to the Sony, Onkyo or Denon either one should be good. you could do better for less my looking at refurbed or used...

 

[agarwalro]

$200 budget will be best used by looking at your local Craigslist or equivalent.

 

[BMXTRIX]

With that budget, I believe he already is looking at Accessories4Less at the refurbs.

Craigslist has a ton of stuff in my area, but almost nothing with HDMI, especially the newest version, and under $200.

I'm no huge fan of Onkyo, but the 591 has 4 HDMI inputs, handles 3D, and handles HD audio formats. Certainly for the money, it seems like a good way to go. Just make sure to give any Onkyo product a good deal of airflow.