receiver for $1600 (1 Viewer)

[Henry Ferris]

My budget of $1600 is to get a receiver where audio is primary. I have an oppo and an Ati amp for power so do not care about power on receiver. Good use of the new codecs and a quality audyssey setup. Of course this means preouts and if the unit has good HDMI switching all the better but I suspect I will continue to go direct to TV.
I am assuming that there is not a new preamp in my price range.

 

[John Garcia]

Well within your price range: http://emotiva.com/umc1.shtm

You might be able to find a used Marantz 8003 around that price as well.

 

[JohnRice]

That Emotiva sure looks nice.

 

[John Garcia]

A buddy of mine has it and he likes it very much. I haven't had a chance to get over there and check it out, but he says he is very satisfied. I may break down and get one of these later this year myself.

 

[Selden Ball]

Quite a few people are very upset about the bugs in the UMC-1's firmware. There have been several updates but not all of the bugs are fixed yet.

I'd suggest investigating Denon receivers -- they tend to have all the latest features and good build quality.

 

[Henry Ferris]

Thanks guys. Future shop just lowered the price on the Denon 990 by $500. Just to good a deal so I pulled the trigger. Can't wait for it to get here.