Just wanted some feedback. Ive been using an AVR for years and just recently got a separate power amplifer as I’ve changed to 4ohm speakers. I have 2 older receivers(Pioneer elite VSX-92 and Arcam AVR-400) I could use as the processor and was wondering if there would be any benefit from using one over the other? I know they both are old, but I don’t have anything beyond DTS-HD or Dolby trueHD regardless and I’ve never had any desire to go the atmos route. I’m not really smart to the whole separates thing as you can probably tell . I appreciate any responses
just for clarification. The power amp is 5 Channels and all five are being driven by that amp, the receivers in question will be doing nothing but processing.
I would say the Pioneer is your best bet. Those older Pioneers were quite well thought of. It is more powerful but the older of the two by two years.
The Arcam seems to be known for quite a few problems.
So, one unit is 16 years old and the other 14 years old. The life of receivers seems to be about 15 to 20 years, so both are nearing expected end of life. However results vary, but don't be surprised of those units fail in the next few years.
So, you might be looking at a replacement before long. Now you have that amp, you could also include an AV preamplifier.
