Hello,
About 14 years ago I frequented the home theater forums, I subscribed to several magazines and I considered myself quite the expert in home theater hardware and various applications.
My forum Nickname back then was Ryeman.
The highlight of my home theater journey was when I purchased a Yamaha RXV-2095 with the latest surround sound technology at the time I was in my 20's when I purchased this beast and is broke my bank account. Back then DTS encryption was rare to find on DVD's and most main stream DVD's were Dolby Digital (AC-3). You actually had to special order DVD's to get a DTS only copy of them.
Ok, so now I am old and so is my RXV-2095 Over the past 10 years or so, I stopped subcribing to Audio Visual Journals (main stream stuff primarily) and I have been out of the loop so to speak for just as long. Essentially, my Yamaha receiver needs to be replaced because when I switch on the 5.1 it shuts off and 7.1 intrigues me somewhat, but I don't know much more then that.
Therefore, I need some help from the experts...You guys that are regulars here as I once was. (well maybe not this forum, the one I belonged to previously is long gone)
Anyway, any help that can be provded me here will be very much appreciated.
My Media room is roughly 10x14 feet
I am looking for a receiver as I don't believe I can afford seperates (I was broke before but now I have two kids lol!)
My Price Range is max $2000 but I can wait and save more money if needed.
I would like to explore the Yamaha's, Denon's, Onkyo's, Marantz's or others in that level.
I would also like to explore the next step above and maybe consider slightly higher end receives like ROTEL or Outlaw for example.
I would like the receiver to have HDMI v1.3, Dolby True HD and DTS True HD and 7.1 surround.
HDMI Switching from Analog sources.
What I am looking for here is a starting point. I am looking for suggestions from the experts here to guide me in the right direction.
Any and all help here will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Craig
About 14 years ago I frequented the home theater forums, I subscribed to several magazines and I considered myself quite the expert in home theater hardware and various applications.
My forum Nickname back then was Ryeman.
The highlight of my home theater journey was when I purchased a Yamaha RXV-2095 with the latest surround sound technology at the time I was in my 20's when I purchased this beast and is broke my bank account. Back then DTS encryption was rare to find on DVD's and most main stream DVD's were Dolby Digital (AC-3). You actually had to special order DVD's to get a DTS only copy of them.
Ok, so now I am old and so is my RXV-2095 Over the past 10 years or so, I stopped subcribing to Audio Visual Journals (main stream stuff primarily) and I have been out of the loop so to speak for just as long. Essentially, my Yamaha receiver needs to be replaced because when I switch on the 5.1 it shuts off and 7.1 intrigues me somewhat, but I don't know much more then that.
Therefore, I need some help from the experts...You guys that are regulars here as I once was. (well maybe not this forum, the one I belonged to previously is long gone)
Anyway, any help that can be provded me here will be very much appreciated.
My Media room is roughly 10x14 feet
I am looking for a receiver as I don't believe I can afford seperates (I was broke before but now I have two kids lol!)
My Price Range is max $2000 but I can wait and save more money if needed.
I would like to explore the Yamaha's, Denon's, Onkyo's, Marantz's or others in that level.
I would also like to explore the next step above and maybe consider slightly higher end receives like ROTEL or Outlaw for example.
I would like the receiver to have HDMI v1.3, Dolby True HD and DTS True HD and 7.1 surround.
HDMI Switching from Analog sources.
What I am looking for here is a starting point. I am looking for suggestions from the experts here to guide me in the right direction.
Any and all help here will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Craig