Recommendations for affordable receiver to renovate what was a state of the art system (1 Viewer)

[skelly.larry]

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 woudl you recommend?

 

[schan1269]

Anthem MRX.(not providing a number as you might be amenable to a used 7 series...if anybody is selling one)

 

[skelly.larry]

Thx... damn I thought I posted to another forum, not sure why this is here. Will move it... please reply here:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/topic/337228-looking-for-recommendations-to-renovate-what-was-state-of-the-art/

Yes, back in the day I remember Anthem being a new manufacturer but highly regarded for value. Thanks.

 

[schan1269]

Quick Fleabay check(didnt look into the details) shows a 300 for $650 OBO and a 700 for $950.Regarding the 80wpc of the 300/310(new 310 are "barely" over your budget)...I'd take their 80 watt rating seriously...where a 100 watt rated Onkyo/Integra, Denon/Marantz, Yamaha or Pioneer/Elite is suspect at best...

 

[DaveF]

Locked. See thread in receiver forum.