htr 5890 or pioneer 1015? (1 Viewer)

[London Lawson]

I have decided to get one of these, which one and why?

 

[John Garcia]

I think if you do a search on the two, there are a few threads comparing them. The theme seemed to be that the 5890 was a better unit in terms of power. I've used the 1014 and found it to be adequate but not spectacular in terms of power.

 

[London Lawson]

Ok I caled jr's and the 5890 is 499 shipped and the Pioneer is 399 shipped. The sales guys was saying the Yamaha is better.

 

[London Lawson]

Well I just ordered the 5890 with a 2 year extended warrant and 2nd day air from JR's for 539

 

[John S]

Pretty much more real world power in the 5890. If it is a small room, or if you don't watch / listen at true reference type volume levels, there really would not be that much difference. The Yamaha is still a bit brighter than the Pioneer but nothing like the older Yamaha AVR's were.

 

[London Lawson]

Will this sound good with paradigm speakers? Surely it will be better than my old Kenwood vr7080.

 

[JohnMurphy]

"Well I just ordered the 5890 with a 2 year extended warrant and 2nd day air from JR's for 539"


Im fairly new here.
Can you please give me more info on JR's. Is there a web site? I have been pricing this amp and I would like to talk to him. Thank you . Murph

 

[London Lawson]

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4027146

It's advertised on there for 699 but when you call the 1800 number it's 499 with free shipping.

1800-806-1115

 

[JohnMurphy]

Thanks alot. Will call.

 

[London Lawson]

The 2 year extended warranty shows to be 59 but it was only 29.

 

[John S]

I think you will be impressed with the unit.

Build quality is really great for this price point in particular.

 

[London Lawson]

Well straight out of the box and using the auto setup, I am not more impressed with this than my old Kenwood vr7080. And supposedly the Yamaha is way better. It sounds great, but I am not more impressed. Hopefully this just ins't setup right.

 

[Jongyoon Lee]

I would imagine mid-low end receivers would sound pretty much the same, with exception of Harman Kardon or Marantz. At that price point it's pretty much about the number of features.

 

[London Lawson]

Well hell had I known that I wouldn't have bought this, I could have went with something cheaper.

 

[John Garcia]

I think you made the right choice for the price, so don't second guess the decision