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Man-Fai Wong · 05-16-2008, 01:04 PM

Maybe last year's model Yamaha RX-V661 at ~$300 online priced would fit the bill? Seems like a great value, especially if you don't need it to handle the newer lossless surround audio formats (ie. Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD/MA). Even if/when you eventually upgrade to Blu-ray or similar, you might be better off buying a player that decodes those formats to multi-channel PCM to be passed to the receiver.

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05-16-2008, 01:04 PM	#2 of 14
Man-Fai Wong Member Location: New York City Join Date: Aug 2001 Local Time: 01:50 AM Local Date: 08-29-2008 Posts: 2,390	Re: Looking for inexpensive receiver recommendations Maybe last year's model Yamaha RX-V661 at ~$300 online priced would fit the bill? Seems like a great value, especially if you don't need it to handle the newer lossless surround audio formats (ie. Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD/MA). Even if/when you eventually upgrade to Blu-ray or similar, you might be better off buying a player that decodes those formats to multi-channel PCM to be passed to the receiver. _Man_ Just another amateur learning to paint w/ "the light of the world".