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Originally Posted by Mounta1n 
Hi thanks for the great information so far.
I'm wondering what the differences would be for me between the 6003 and the 6004. (or even the 5004).
In my case, I use a PS3 as my Blu-ray player, so the only other HDMI input is the cable box. 95% of the movies I watch are blu-ray, so all lossless codecs, but from the PS3 it will be lpcm anyway, I believe. Setup as 5.1, perhaps 7.1 in the future but all of these are capable of that. I have no interest in iphone/ipod, BT capabilities. I plan on using the Audyssey auto-setup features. One of the volume-compression algorithms for night-time movie watching or game playing when the spouse is asleep would be nice also.
I'm of course figuring there will be some deep discounts on the 6003, which will make me consider if the upgrades to the 6004 will be something I would even make use of. There is the 10W/ch of course, but the 100W/ch rating on the 6003 is supposedly conservative anyway, so it should be sufficient. Room is not overly large. Main seating is 7' back from a 67" tv with about 20 feet of open room behind the seating. Room is about 15' wide. So long narrow room with television at one narrow end. Are there any known problems with the x003/x0004 series and the PS3? I typically use the 1080p/24 output to the TV when watching BR discs.
Thanks for any help. I'm frequently discouraged when trying to compare receivers, and the higher end ones just seem to add more features that I won't be using anyway, instead of adding more watts and better sound quality (which is what I'm really interested in.)
Hi thanks for the great information so far.
I'm wondering what the differences would be for me between the 6003 and the 6004. (or even the 5004).
In my case, I use a PS3 as my Blu-ray player, so the only other HDMI input is the cable box. 95% of the movies I watch are blu-ray, so all lossless codecs, but from the PS3 it will be lpcm anyway, I believe. Setup as 5.1, perhaps 7.1 in the future but all of these are capable of that. I have no interest in iphone/ipod, BT capabilities. I plan on using the Audyssey auto-setup features. One of the volume-compression algorithms for night-time movie watching or game playing when the spouse is asleep would be nice also.
I'm of course figuring there will be some deep discounts on the 6003, which will make me consider if the upgrades to the 6004 will be something I would even make use of. There is the 10W/ch of course, but the 100W/ch rating on the 6003 is supposedly conservative anyway, so it should be sufficient. Room is not overly large. Main seating is 7' back from a 67" tv with about 20 feet of open room behind the seating. Room is about 15' wide. So long narrow room with television at one narrow end. Are there any known problems with the x003/x0004 series and the PS3? I typically use the 1080p/24 output to the TV when watching BR discs.
Thanks for any help. I'm frequently discouraged when trying to compare receivers, and the higher end ones just seem to add more features that I won't be using anyway, instead of adding more watts and better sound quality (which is what I'm really interested in.)
In your case I guess 5004 wins. It is $400 cheaper than 6004 and it only lacks 20 watts, 1 HDMI in, 1 out, 1 optical in, USB port, Bluetooth and IR receiver.
If I were you I did not get 6003 and my reasons are:
* New models have Dynamic Volume and Dynamic EQ which come in handy these days.
* There were some glitches in older models like 6003 in HDMI area.
* You may like to try Dolby PL-IIz someday just for the fun of it.
If you are worried about 20 watts difference between 5004 and 6004, it will be nothing. If your speakers sensibility are rated as 90db SPL, then 5004 will produce about 109.x db while sr6004 with 110w produce about 110.x db at maximum power. 20 watt difference is nothing maybe just 1 db increase because as you may know each 3 db increase needs double the power and is equal to twice the sound volume.
Good Luck...
