Need a new receiver

[Penningtonsm]

Hey guys, I kinda started this on a different thread but i decided to start a new one just in case people dont read all they way to the end. It has become very clear to me that I need a new receiver. (i am very new to all the HT stuff so i just grabbed the receiver that I had and used it) I dont have a very high budget, about $300 so my options are not very long. I was looking at a few of them though and was wondering if someone here could point me in the right direction. Here are the ones i was looking at so far:


Yamaha HTR 5760
Harmon Kardon AVR 235
Onkya TXSR502

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Patt]

Hi Steve,

Never been looking for an A/V reciever before but harmonaudio.com sells reconditioned and they are authorized. Maybe they could save you a few bucks.

Locally Harmon Kardon is sold retail and I read somewhere they are one of the few A/V' reciever's that are conservative with their power ratings.

Some Klipsch followers seem to like the sound of them for taming the horns.

[freon]

harmonaudio.com has an ebay store also, I picked up an avr-630 for only 5 big ones :T

[Penningtonsm]

Are you happy with your Avr 630? I'm checking out harmonaudio.com tonight. Thanks for the info.

[whoaru99]

You may want to consider the Panasonic digital receivers. They are relatively inexpensive and seem to have a pretty good bang for the buck and have received some favorable comments/reviews. I think the lower priced model is SA-XR50.

[Patt]

You may want to consider the Panasonic digital receivers. They are relatively inexpensive and seem to have a pretty good bang for the buck and have received some favorable comments/reviews. I think the lower priced model is SA-XR50.

There is some fellow, (Levesque) that has one of those panasonic Digital's in a bedroom powering Paradigm Studio 40's to his satisfaction.

[Leef DaLucky]

Ya i have that setup also.
The pannie is an incredible receiver for the money.
It easily beat out my Onkyo.

Here's a quick review here

[Andrew Pratt]

I'd recomend the digital panasonics as well :T

[Penningtonsm]

Hey guys is there certain things I should look at when shopping for a receiver. All I look for is the watts (which I know at times can be bogus) and make sure its Prologic II and some DTS. Are there other important things to look for in a receiver that I dont know about? Thanks for all your help guys.

[David Meek]

A few I'd recommend:

1) Output wattage with all channels driven simultaneously
2) Signal-to-noise ratio
3) A true stereo bypass - for better music listening
4) An owner's manual written in something approaching English (Denon owners know what I'm talking about :B )

There's lots of others, but these'll get you going in the right direction. Good luck!

[Penningtonsm]

Thanks alot David. A huge help. I'm thinking about going with the mentioned pannie receiver. Its within my budget and the numbers seem to look good too. I shall let everyone know how it turns out. Oh by the way, in which section do people post pics of there HT system. I am about to complete mine and would like to post.

steve

[David Meek]

Steve, since we moved to vBulletin we don't have a true "Gallery" section so just whereever. . . . Let's pester Lex and Kevin about one and see what happens. :B