Xander H
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- May 2, 2005
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So I am planning on upgrading my Pioneer VSX 1015TX receiver. When I bought it I had a dvd player and a cable box to input to, and a 32" SD TV to output to with a center and a left/right speaker. Now I have 7 great big speakers, a nice SVS sub, a high def satellite receiver, a PS3, and an XBox 360 Elite. I've spent hundreds of dollars on component and optical audio, but I'm going to give all that to my parents and go full HDMI if I can find a receiver to suit my needs. That's where you all come in!
I know nothing about any of the new specs and features on receivers these days, but I figure every single person reading this post will have a receiver of their own (at least one) and an opinion or two about it. That'll work perfectly!
I am a bit of an audiophile (as pretentious as that sounds, I just cannot get enough of awesome sound during movies or blasting out some fantastic music that shakes my whole neighborhood..mmm...) so the receiver has to be able to decode and play all the lossless/top of the line sound stuff from the Blu-Rays coming in through my PS3. Past that, it just needs to have at least 3 (preferably 4) HDMI inputs and at least 1 (preferably 2) HDMI outputs.
So what features should I be looking for when I'm shopping? I know when I bought my Pioneer I was told to look for that THX Select2 certification, and to look for the auto MCACC calibration. Past that, I know nothing except what I've read from scouring this forum for the past hour or so.
So I need a few people out there with receivers that they LOVE to chime in and tell me why, or some brainiacs (
I know nothing about any of the new specs and features on receivers these days, but I figure every single person reading this post will have a receiver of their own (at least one) and an opinion or two about it. That'll work perfectly!
I am a bit of an audiophile (as pretentious as that sounds, I just cannot get enough of awesome sound during movies or blasting out some fantastic music that shakes my whole neighborhood..mmm...) so the receiver has to be able to decode and play all the lossless/top of the line sound stuff from the Blu-Rays coming in through my PS3. Past that, it just needs to have at least 3 (preferably 4) HDMI inputs and at least 1 (preferably 2) HDMI outputs.
So what features should I be looking for when I'm shopping? I know when I bought my Pioneer I was told to look for that THX Select2 certification, and to look for the auto MCACC calibration. Past that, I know nothing except what I've read from scouring this forum for the past hour or so.
So I need a few people out there with receivers that they LOVE to chime in and tell me why, or some brainiacs (