GregoryKoz

I have $500 to spend on a receiver, guide me!

Hey guys-

I haven't been to the site in a while but am looking forward to whatever opinions you might have on the following:

I have about $500 to spend on a Home Theater receiver, that's my limit- right now I am running the Klipsch RF series speakers all around, so the only dead spot is my receiver. I know that if you want quality, that you have to pay. I also know that sometimes you get lucky and find something priced pretty reasonably that can work for you. I really don't use the home theater system for anything other than DVD playback and satellite radio- sometimes I bring in my widescreen Panasonic and run that audio through the receiver.

I guess that the big question is what do and do you not recommend and why? I am still running a crappy Kenwood VR407 monitor, it's about 4 years old, and already the subwoofer feed is dead, and it's confusing my left and right front speakers, so that a car coming from left to right sounds like it's coming from right to left- annoying to say the least!

Anything you have to add to this thread would be greatly appreciated! Please guide me here!

Thanks!

Greg

Ryan.S.

I just recently got the onkyo TX-SR501 and love it. So for that price... I'd recommed the TX-SR601. I auditioned it also and really liked it, I just didn't want to spend the extra money on it.

GregoryKoz

Hey Ryan-

thanks for the feedback, why this particular unit?

John Garcia

Marantz SR5400 if you want a current model, but the 5300 is on sale for $399 at Cambridge Soundworks, an authorized dealer.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=174978

The 601 has good power, lots of features and should do well all around.

"The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so." - Mark Twain

HT: Marantz SR-8300, MA500 monoblocks x 2, 5X GR Research A/V-2s, Adire Audio Tempest sub, Denon 2900, Oppo 980H, Toshiba HD-A2, RC2000MkII remote, Panamax 5100, Panamax Max2 sub, Slim PS2, PS3 60G + 320G USB

Bedroom: Marantz PM-7200 Integrated, GR Research A/V-1s, Sony 222ES SACD, RC3200 remote, Panamax M8EX

Audio: Audioquest * Video: Bluejeans

My DVDs My HT

Jeff W.

Onkyo TX-SR700 from Onecall.com - $428 ($450 shipped 3-day for me). Refurbished, but full factory warranty (1yr) mine said it had minor cosmetic defects, but none that I can see (or likely they were fixed by Onkyo when refurbed).

Awesome f@$%ing receiver, I love it.

Tim W G

www.jandr.com has the Onkyo 601 for 399.88 with free shipping.

ChrisWiggles

I second the marantz, or perhaps a denon, if there is one in that pricerange.

TylerZ

In that MSRP range Denon has the 1804.

Rogozhin

I'm digging my HK 225

factory refurb for $230, running LFE to a Nad 218thx and it's stunning.

rogo

\"Those who long for exaltation look upwards, but I look downwards for I am the exalted.\"

Thus Spake Zarathustra

Greg Thomas

HK 325 for $449.06 including shipping at www.6ave.com
That unit will sound great with Klipsch speakers. The laid back sound HK should match well with the bright Klispch speakers. The perfect balance. The strong point of the HK is the 2 channel sound, not sure how important that is to you.