for ht duty i'd go 551r at around 1299$ (351r is cheaper but not as robust of an amp section.) It's over your budget of 500$-- but you have decent speakers. Pair them accordingly and you will be rewarded. 500$ in any brand is not...
I vote step outside what you have owned. How about something qualtiy?
Arcam, Cambridge, Rotel, NAD etc. You have a real budget. Get some real sound performance.
Real watts per channel sounds amazing.
Good luck.
Great writeup on the 751r!
Nice to see someone take the time to contribute reviews on three popular receivers. I'm an arcam fella myself, but only because CA was too slow to the draw with release dates.
My experiences with CA and...
all boutique avrs have their quirks for sure. But the sound quality jump is worth it for me. I'm just glad I had my old avr to pull the set up distances and levels off for manual entry.
Went from midrange pioneer to entry arcam and...
Not sure of your meaning....
Anyway, I now have the AVR 360. My initial impressions are very pleasing. Although, the auto setup routine leaves much to be desired- as all speakers were set to small with a crossover point of...
Hello,
I have to clean up some speakers that came out of storage for a friend. They belonged to someone who smoked and are pretty grimy. The cabinets are easy enough, but does anyone know how to clean the driver, tweeter and surrounds...
Hmm..... maybe you've never heard a good hi fi setup. A "wow" one. When you do, you don't want to divide your attention with anything else! Well, maybe a drink or two.
I had a decent 5.1 setup for HT and recently upgraded to much...
