I'm looking to buy an HT system that can also perform well with music. I've decided to try to choose a receiver first so I know how much I'll have left to put towards the speakers. I have a handful of preliminary choices and would love some feedback on them. Also, if you know of receivers similar to these that may fit my needs, please feel free volunteer them.
This will be a 5.1 system in a pretty small room, but with some strange acoustics. One wall is partial (3-foot gap between the top and the ceiling) and the ceiling is high, about 12 feet. The other side of the room is open to the largest room in the apartment, but it can be closed off with sliding doors. All in all, movie sound will not have to go far, but a little more push may be required for music, as I won't always be sitting right on the sweet movie-watching spot in the couch to listen to music. I'm deliberately choosing at least a few 6.1/7.1 systems to leave me "just in case" room to grow.
None of these hit the magic 100W of output but I don't even know if I need that kind of power in a room this small.
The Onkyos and the Yamaha are all about the same price ($350), but the Denon will cost me a little more, leaving about $150-200 less for speakers. My total budget is $1000-1200 for receiver and speaker set, including sub. I'm trying to leave myself at least $500 for speakers.
Denon AVR-1906
Onkyo TX-SR701 and TX-LR552
Yamaha HTR-5840
This will be a 5.1 system in a pretty small room, but with some strange acoustics. One wall is partial (3-foot gap between the top and the ceiling) and the ceiling is high, about 12 feet. The other side of the room is open to the largest room in the apartment, but it can be closed off with sliding doors. All in all, movie sound will not have to go far, but a little more push may be required for music, as I won't always be sitting right on the sweet movie-watching spot in the couch to listen to music. I'm deliberately choosing at least a few 6.1/7.1 systems to leave me "just in case" room to grow.
None of these hit the magic 100W of output but I don't even know if I need that kind of power in a room this small.
The Onkyos and the Yamaha are all about the same price ($350), but the Denon will cost me a little more, leaving about $150-200 less for speakers. My total budget is $1000-1200 for receiver and speaker set, including sub. I'm trying to leave myself at least $500 for speakers.
Denon AVR-1906
Onkyo TX-SR701 and TX-LR552
Yamaha HTR-5840