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YHT7563HD vs YHTB4650?

post #1 of 4
10/30/09 at 7:40am
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Hi

 

I have a question about what system to buy. They are both Yamaha Kit. I just bought this one at Costco and paid 849CAN$ for it :

http://www.costco.ca/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10328778&whse=BCCA&Ne=2000000&eCat=BCCA|79|80|2190&N=2000109&Mo=1&pos=0&No=0&Nr=P_CatalogName:BCCA&cat=2190&Ns=P_Price_fr|1||P_SignDesc1_fr〈=fr-CA&Sp=C&ec=BCCA-EC13328-Cat80&topnav=#

 

Now I just had an offer from Dumoulin through my company for this Kit at 610CAN$ (reg price is 799CAN$):

http://www.yamaha.ca/av/Hometheatre/YHT4650.jsp

 

 

If I'm right, the Costco one has better speakers and the Dumoulin one has a better receiver.

Does the speakers justify the 240$ difference?

thanks!

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post #2 of 4
10/30/09 at 12:22pm

I don't think the speakers justify the added cost of the first system.  I would choose to go with the second system simply because the receiver supports the lossless audio codecs you get with Blu-Ray.  This receiver is much more likely to serve you well for many years, whereas the cheaper Costco receiver is already outdated WRT Blu-Ray.

The speakers are almost always the weakest link of home theater in a box systems, anyway (therefore, I wouldn't base my system choice on them EVER) - so if you decide to grow your system later, it's better to have at least one component (the receiver) that won't need to be replaced or updated.

 

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post #3 of 4
10/31/09 at 7:25am
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Thanks for your advice. It makes sense. I think I'm going to cancel my order (I didn't receive the shipping yet).
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post #4 of 4
12/1/09 at 11:08am
The yamaha YHT7563HD is currently on sale w/costco.ca for $200 off.
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