skelly.larry
Auditioning
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- Dec 13, 2014
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- Larry Skelly
It has been probably ten years since I have been active in the forum; my old account is defunct but I used to visit it daily around 2001. Since then have been tied up raising three kids, and a lot ot sports, now this Fall all three are at university.
I want to renovate a home theatre that was state of the art around 2001. But still have three kids in university to pay for, so need good value for dollar.
I am looking for recomendations for a good value receiver, sub $1000. I currently have...
- A Classe SSP-50 pre-processor
- Marantz 5.1 receiver (105 watts/channel) driving centre channel Martin Logan and rear B&W's (I stopped using this for the mains because it couldn't handle the load)
- Pre-out to a 400 w/channel Bryston 3B driving Martin Logan Request L/R
- Sub-out to a 1000 w/channel Samson amp driving a pair of SVS sonotube subs
- Existing transport is irrelevant today, times have changed
The Classe is very high end, I bought on Audiogon, but has been impossible for the family to use the past ten years. It takes a long time to recognize the input signal format, and sometimes never does. Stereo fidelity is phenomenal, 5.1 is elusive to lock in a signal. As a result the system is never used. It is also audio only, video switching did not exist then.
I am looking for recommendations for a good value receiver with:
- 5.1 is fine
- about 100W a channel to drive the centre Martin-Logan and B&W rears
- Pre-out for the Bryston to drive the L/R
- Sub out for the Samson to drive the subs
- 3-5 HDMI in's to switch to one HDMI out
- Wifi, bluetooth and ethernet don't care; use chromecast and others
- Reliable, may be the last receiver I buy
Don't need bells and whistles. Care about quality of sound.
Also looking to add a new 70" TV (LED but not smart), had a Pioneer Elite 74" projection back in the day, but it failed long ago.
Help guys... what would you recommend?
I want to renovate a home theatre that was state of the art around 2001. But still have three kids in university to pay for, so need good value for dollar.
I am looking for recomendations for a good value receiver, sub $1000. I currently have...
- A Classe SSP-50 pre-processor
- Marantz 5.1 receiver (105 watts/channel) driving centre channel Martin Logan and rear B&W's (I stopped using this for the mains because it couldn't handle the load)
- Pre-out to a 400 w/channel Bryston 3B driving Martin Logan Request L/R
- Sub-out to a 1000 w/channel Samson amp driving a pair of SVS sonotube subs
- Existing transport is irrelevant today, times have changed
The Classe is very high end, I bought on Audiogon, but has been impossible for the family to use the past ten years. It takes a long time to recognize the input signal format, and sometimes never does. Stereo fidelity is phenomenal, 5.1 is elusive to lock in a signal. As a result the system is never used. It is also audio only, video switching did not exist then.
I am looking for recommendations for a good value receiver with:
- 5.1 is fine
- about 100W a channel to drive the centre Martin-Logan and B&W rears
- Pre-out for the Bryston to drive the L/R
- Sub out for the Samson to drive the subs
- 3-5 HDMI in's to switch to one HDMI out
- Wifi, bluetooth and ethernet don't care; use chromecast and others
- Reliable, may be the last receiver I buy
Don't need bells and whistles. Care about quality of sound.
Also looking to add a new 70" TV (LED but not smart), had a Pioneer Elite 74" projection back in the day, but it failed long ago.
Help guys... what would you recommend?