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Hello Everyone,

I am new to this forum and to home theater in general. I purchased some KLIPSCH SYNERGY F20 speakers and looking for a good receiver to drive them. For now I would like to build a home theater 2.0 setup, but as funds become available I would like to expend it to 2.1 or 3.1 once I can afford a good subwoofer and a center speaker.

What would you recommend for a good receiver?

Don't know if matters, but home theater will be setup on Sony NX8 46" TV.

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The F20's are 8 ohm and 95 sensitivity, so any standard receiver will drive them with plenty to spare. So anything from Pioneer, Marantz, Onkyo, Harman/Kardon, Denon, Yamaha.

Other than that it comes down to process and what feature you want/need.

What's you budget and what will you be using the system for? Is the system primarily for music, or an even split of music and HT?
 

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Al.Anderson said:
The F20's are 8 ohm and 95 sensitivity, so any standard receiver will drive them with plenty to spare. So anything from Pioneer, Marantz, Onkyo, Harman/Kardon, Denon, Yamaha.

Other than that it comes down to process and what feature you want/need.

What's you budget and what will you be using the system for? Is the system primarily for music, or an even split of music and HT?
Hi Al,

I will be using it for both Music and Home Theater as well (50/50). I am trying to stay at or below $350.00 for my budget. By looking around and reading some reviews, I saw this receiver (Pioneer VSX-524-K). Is this a good receiver? I keep hearing about Yamaha RX-V477, but from my inexperience the only thing that I see in it is a whole bunch of bells and whistles that I do not need. All I want is a good receiver that will produce good sound. I am not interested in streaming online audio, etc... Just want the best sound I can get from the receiver for the money.

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Both Pioneer and Yamaha are nice. (I tend to like Yamaha a little more, but that's just me.)

If you go Pioneer, I think you can go with last years model, the 523, and save $50 (Amazon). Neither of the Pioneer's support composite video, but that's only necessary if you have older video game systems or something similar. A quick scan of the specs says you gain a composite output with the 523; I couldn't find anything the 524 gave you. Maybe someone else can fill in the blank there, because that seems unusual.

The Yamaha doesn't support analog to HDMI conversion, so if you do use an analog signal, you have to run a similar cable to the TV. (Annoying, but at least you have the option.)

If you go with the Yamaha, I'd go with the V377, since you don't want networking (I like networking, but it's not necessary). The Yamaha's have a few more non-HDMI connections, if that's important to you.

What I liked the least about the Pioneers is you have to have a composite connection to the TV to use the on-screen display. So you have to run HDMI and a composite cable. It's just one extra cable, but I find it annoying.

So if you only need HDMI, the Pio 523 save you $50 at $200. Other wise the Yamaha 377 gets you a few more options for $250. If we're talking Pio 524 vs Yama 377 for the same price, I'd go Yamaha. (Of course looks comes into play too; you have to like the appearance of what you get.)
 

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Just got off the phone with Pioneer tech support and looks like that receiver will be inadequate to run those speakers since they draw 100W at 8 ohms and receiver can only supply 80W per channel at 8 ohms. He also said that it will damage the receiver if I run those speakers. Any truth to what he told me?

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No, he's a freaking idiot. Speakers don't "draw" anything. They can handle 100w continuous and 400w max. You'll probably be listening at 20w most of the time. (I'm too lazy to look up a calculator, but that's close.) Was he trying to up-sell you?
 

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Al.Anderson said:
No, he's a freaking idiot. Speakers don't "draw" anything. They can handle 100w continuous and 400w max. You'll probably be listening at 20w most of the time. (I'm too lazy to look up a calculator, but that's close.) Was he trying to up-sell you?
Yeah, he said that I'll need at least VSX-1124-K since it supplies 90W per channel at 8 ohms and that 10W difference is not that big of a deal.
 

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Well, he's right about 10w not being a big deal, since you have to double power to raise volume by 3 db. He's either clueless or crafty about the rest. (Crafty, since now that he's planted that seed in your head you're going to want the bigger receiver.) Don't fall for it, save the money for the center or sub.
 

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Thanks Al, I really appreciate your time and I think you're definitely right about saving $50 and going with last years model (Pioneer VSX-523). Most likely I'll be getting that receiver or Yamaha v377.

Thanks again!
 

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