Hey,
I'm a noob on this board, but I'm on a bunch of car forums if anyone has a car performance or maintenance question. This is my first post and here's my situation:
I've read the sticky about generally posting about what one should buy, but I do have some issues and constraints to deal with and could use some good opinions. My good Sony receiver crapped out in December, and I've been using my dad's old Pioneer receiver probably from 1975 for the past few months, and now its finally starting to die as well. I've got some awesome and large Polk Audio main left and right channels, as well as my center which is a smaller JBL but does the job, and that's probably all that I'm going to be able to hook up b/c the girlfriend doesn't want speakers all over the place, I've tried to argue, but you can probably guess where I lead myself with that conversation
. Does anyone know of a good A/V receiver that has a good three channel option that actually sounds decent? I'm looking at receivers in the $200 or below neighborhood, and I've been trying to find something online, but I can't really find what I want b/c everything is 5.1, 6.1, or 7.1 and I won't have the need for all the extra channels. My old Sony that blew out in December was probably 6-7 years old, and had a good three channel option if you choose to only run the front three, so that's what I'm really looking for. If you guys don't know of anything, I guess I'll just go pick up a 5.1 receiver and use whatever channels I need, I don't think I need would need a powered sub b/c my main speakers have 10's and two 5.25 speakers in a sealed cabinet, so I'd also like to have a receiver that can really pump the bass into the main channels when a powered sub is not used.
Also, FYI, I'm probably going to be buying a 32-37 inch HDTV (not plasma or LCD) probably a projector TV with a flat screen before the end of the year as well. So that's where I'm at.
Any opinions?
Thanks!!
David
