Preface - The question below is regarding a setup for my living room. I currently have 7.1 setup in my theater room, so the living room is not my primary room for movie viewing.
My question is I have a Yamaha RX-V1800 that works fine except for the HDMI out connection chipped and no longer sends a signal (previously bought the Yamaha RX-V3800 to replace this in my theater room). I don't know if I would be better off fixing it or buying a new receiver. My speakers for the living room are the Klipsch XL-23. They are 70 watts but Klipsch recommends 125 watts per channel receiver/amp. I had a hard time getting the Authorized yamaha service center to give me a quote on the repair so I've been trying to locate the part myself (I've replaced the HDMI board in a friends Onkyo receiver so hopefully this won't be too difficult). Yamaha wants $400 for the part plus tax and shipping and the only other place I could find the part was searsparts.com and it was $275 plus shipping and tax. When I think of spending $300 to $400 dollars for the HDMI board, should I consider buying a new receiver in the $300 to $400 range instead? I was leaning this way but most of the $300 to $400 receivers are 95-110 watts per channel and I don't know if I won't get the most out of the speakers since they recommend 125 watts (my 1800 does 130 watts per channel).
So, should I buy a new receiver or fix my current yamaha? Also, does anyone know where I could buy replacement parts for the receiver if I decide to fix it? For what it's worth here is the part # WK647000
Thanks,
Daryl
My question is I have a Yamaha RX-V1800 that works fine except for the HDMI out connection chipped and no longer sends a signal (previously bought the Yamaha RX-V3800 to replace this in my theater room). I don't know if I would be better off fixing it or buying a new receiver. My speakers for the living room are the Klipsch XL-23. They are 70 watts but Klipsch recommends 125 watts per channel receiver/amp. I had a hard time getting the Authorized yamaha service center to give me a quote on the repair so I've been trying to locate the part myself (I've replaced the HDMI board in a friends Onkyo receiver so hopefully this won't be too difficult). Yamaha wants $400 for the part plus tax and shipping and the only other place I could find the part was searsparts.com and it was $275 plus shipping and tax. When I think of spending $300 to $400 dollars for the HDMI board, should I consider buying a new receiver in the $300 to $400 range instead? I was leaning this way but most of the $300 to $400 receivers are 95-110 watts per channel and I don't know if I won't get the most out of the speakers since they recommend 125 watts (my 1800 does 130 watts per channel).
So, should I buy a new receiver or fix my current yamaha? Also, does anyone know where I could buy replacement parts for the receiver if I decide to fix it? For what it's worth here is the part # WK647000
Thanks,
Daryl
