Posts by jakob_s

Quote: Originally Posted by Smigro I was trying to make someone else decision making as tough as mine. Lol. Right now I have about 8 receivers I am comparing and it is getting tiresome. Maybe in a few more days of reading I will have...

Quote: Originally Posted by phantom52 Be sure to go to Yamaha website and give it a good looking over. You may also want to pm MichaelJHuman and ask him some questions about the 1900. He used a 3900 for quite awhile and then jumped to a...

Quote: Originally Posted by phantom52 Any of the three should serve you well. I don't feel that any of these could be a wrong choice. They all have room to expand if you should want in the future. Good luck and enjoy whichever one you...

Quote: Originally Posted by Smigro Thanks for this thread. I created one this morning and most of the receivers you listed I am looking at. I am more in the $500-$700 range, I would wait another month or so to bump it up to $1,000. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by phantom52 I would choose that 1900 over any of the AVR's on your current list. But then again I am a huge Yamaha fan. The Yamaha 867 should be in your price range. Go to Yamaha's website and look it...

So after a fair amount of research, I've narrowed it down to three AVRs. The three I'm looking at are as follows: Marantz SR6005, Yamaha RX-V867, and Yamaha RX-A1000. I'm not sure if I want to or should step up to the A1000, I think...

Thanks for the link Phantom. I'll go look into it and see what people are thinking about that line of AVRs.

Has anyone tried the Aventage line from Yamaha. I was just looking at Yamaha's AVRs and noticed this line of receivers. The RX-A1000 looks like it has everything I want including 8 HDMI inputs and two outputs. I've also found a very...

Awesome thanks Phantom that's exactly what I was looking for. After looking into the Yamaha 667 and the Onkyo 708, I do like what the Yamaha has to offer. The only thing I wish it had was an additional HDMI in the back. I already have...

Thanks for the recommendation and that sounds like what I will eventually do. Right now I'm just focusing on the AVR. So you really like the Yamaha? Hmmm.....I was leaning towards the Onkyo. Are the receivers that we have been...