Seeking "Educated" Opinions

[SammyLive]

Seeking Opinion on What Receiver Works Best with My Stuff

I have a pretty old school collection of gear i guess but I have invested too much to sell it off and start over, or I am just too lazy to deal with it. I have:

-NHT 2.5i Towers
-NHT Center 1
-NHT SA 2 Sub amp and sub woofer ( i know the towers have their own subs but I got a great deal)
-NHT bookshelf speakers
-NAD THX Power Amp (225W x 2 continuous power) (8 ohms)

And I have a very old 2 channel NAD receiver that i am using as a pre-amp because I have not pulled the trigger on a new home theatre receiver. It is time. What do you suggest for around $1k or less?

I like listening to music too, mostly jazz and eclectic stuff.

Thanks in advance for your ideas.

sammy

 

[RLA]

Yamaha RVX 2500 and use the NAD power amp to driver the front left and right speakers using the pre-outs on the 2500 this will free up power reserves for the center and the surrounds the 2500 is more than enough to drive the rest of your speakers

 

[Rip Van Woofer]

If you like your speakers, keep them! NHT has a good rep.

 

[SammyLive]

I Am Going to Take Your Advice Ray

Ray:
Thanks for taking the time to help me out. I notice you don't even sell the amp you recommended. That kind of integrity is hard to find. I am buying the Yamaha which I had never considered. I was thinking Onkyo, or Denon maybe.
Thanks again and have a good holiday. You've obviously already got the spirit that goes with this time of year.

Sammy

 

[20to20K]

If you haven't bought it yet...

It shouldn't be too hard to find a Audio dealer that has all three brands
you mention...I think Tweeter does. Bring some of your favorite music
and do side by side testing. That's exactly what I did between the
Yamaha, Denon, and Pioneer Elite and I chose the Denon...because
it sounded best to me. I was fortunate that my dealer had the exact
speakers I have, Polk LSi15's. At the time I had no seperate amp to
drive the fronts (I do now), so it was a perfect scenario.

Some dealers will even let you bring your amp in to test out the
AVR as a preamp...I know mine would.

Never underestimate the lengths someone will be willing to go to to
get your money!

 

[harlowek]

You also may want to check out UBID.COM some nice receivers. I picked up one there I was going to buy at a local store for $1000.00 got it for $305.00 including shipping and it was new not refurbished or a return. So a good deal can be had.

Harlowe

 

[sjdgpt]

You also may want to check out UBID.COM some nice receivers. I picked up one there I was going to buy at a local store for $1000.00 got it for $305.00 including shipping and it was new not refurbished or a return. So a good deal can be had.

Harlowe

Hate to be the one to burst your bubble, but purchasing a $1000 list price electronic item at approximately a 75% discount (after adjusting for UPS costs) to a retail customer is a bit unusual and suspicious.

refurbished, return, floor-model, close-out, grey market, or even stolen is my best guess as the source of your receiver.

I am the VP of our family business that sells equipment, including digital equipment, to commercial and retail customers. I am responsible for setting wholesale and retail prices and policies. I am not aware of a single segment of electronics industry that has moderate priced goods with such a great discount/price structure that the seller could sell "A" quality, current product line, at such a steep discount.

If such a discount/price structure did exist and could support such deep discounts to the consumer, our friends at WallyWorld would have already aggressively entered the $1000 receiver market.

 

[cstanley]

If you like NAD i would stick with them; the NAD T763 is very nice,
it lists at $1400 (street $1200) and the NAD T753 (also very nice)
lists at $1k & goes for a little less.

the folks at the NHT forums swear by the NHT/NAD combo, thats
what i'm looking at purchasing (T763/M5's)

-carl

 

[JPW]

sjdgpt Steven

I find your comments interesting. Unfortunately I find them unbelievable.

I recently contacted a local authorized dealer about a $1,000 product I wanted to purchase. I told him I could buy it online at $700 and asked what he could offer it to me for. Surprisingly, his price with a factory warranty was $745. Now anyway I cut it that's 75% of retail.

Then last weekend, my cousin called and told me his son was working at BB. Anyway he was able to pick up a $1100 product at cost plus 5%, and his final price was $650.

So there are two examples of retail pricing that are highly inflated.

 

[sjdgpt]

I find your comments interesting. Unfortunately I find them unbelievable.

I recently contacted a local authorized dealer about a $1,000 product I wanted to purchase. I told him I could buy it online at $700 and asked what he could offer it to me for. Surprisingly, his price with a factory warranty was $745. Now anyway I cut it that's 75% of retail.

Then last weekend, my cousin called and told me his son was working at BB. Anyway he was able to pick up a $1100 product at cost plus 5%, and his final price was $650.

So there are two examples of retail pricing that are highly inflated.

Do your math again.... $1000 product discounted to a selling price of $745 is a 25.5% discount.

$1100 product discounted to $650 is 40.9%


The previous poster was claiming a discount of nearly 75% (after adjusting for UPS costs).

Deals can be had. 75% discounts just don't exist.