New guy needs help picking amp for T45's?

you can begin by telling us how much money we can spend...

ok, you have a bunch of options at right around 300... not only a bunch, but a bunch of good ones, especially considering you have very few requirements...

calling phantom... calling phantom.... list of avr's for 3 franklins or less please...

you should have a response shortly...

Denon 1610,Onkyo 607/RC160, but I would go for something closer to upper end of your budget for those speakers. Denon 1910,Onkyo 707. Buy once and don't regret someting to just settle for. Might as well get something deserving of those speakers. Ideally you may go for a lesser AVr with pre-outs and then save the money to get an additional amp later. Something like the Yamaha 665/765 now(on sale every Saturday at Newegg) and save some more money and add an Emotiva UPA5 later. That would work out excellent. Good luck and hope you can find what you want. Also the Denon's and the 607/RC160 don't have preouts so the amp option is out for those.

as predicted... thanks phantom...

If it were me I'd get the Onkyo 707 for right now. Save for amp and add whenever I could afford it. It has the better version of Audyssey than the 607/RC160. That and the pre-outs would be worth the difference to me. Leave yourself room to grow.

Only if you should want or worst yet need to add an amp later. Did you check the price on the 707 on Newegg? Either are good, I just tend to get or advise others to get something you can expand on if you want. But that's my way of thinking. May be you feel differently and thats okay too. The 1910 is a very capable AVR. Plenty of help here from Batpig and others from that thread to help you get it setup properly also. Good luck and enjoy whichever you go with.

No the wattage won't make a difference, but the Audyssey programs will. The 1910 and 707 both use Audyssey Multi-Eq. The 607 uses 2Eq. The Multi-Eq program will eq the sub also. The 2Eq won't. Go for the Multi-Eq program or higher. Also please remember that the 707 has pre-outs and the Denon 1910 doesn't. If you should want to add an amp later the 707 is the only one of the models you have listed that will allow it.

Check Newegg on Saturdays.