Hi ime new to the forum and recently wanted to buy a new receiver.
Currently i have a harman kardon avr254 i bought from someone used, but its beginning to bug the hell out of me -_-. Lots of the same issues people here seem to have had. The speakers i am useing are decent but i plan on purchasing some decent high quality speakers over the next 6 months. So i want my receiver to be able to output some good clean sound quality and power. Im'e also looking for something that can output video well and easily connect my mp3 player too. I dont need internet functions as i have a ps3 handle most of that.
Anyway ime looking to buy a new a/v receiver next month and have been researching. Right now i am going for a 400-500 dollar budget and have really been pushing for the yamaha rxv671. Thing is, i dont need the Zone 2 it has. And the rx571 and 471 are a lot less money. I just figured since the rxv671 is rated at more power it would be able to drive my speakers a lot better. Also i will just use a 5.1 setup so maybe the 471 would do me fine.
I have also looked at options from denon, pioneer, and onkyo. The denon avr612 looks like my first choice if i end up getting a cheaper receiver to give more budget to speakers.
So what do you guys think? Should i just get one of the cheaper receivers because ime just useing 5.1 and dont need zone 2? Or should i be looking for something to output more power?
Edited by Quixetocelixer - 7/10/12 at 3:55pm
Currently i have a harman kardon avr254 i bought from someone used, but its beginning to bug the hell out of me -_-. Lots of the same issues people here seem to have had. The speakers i am useing are decent but i plan on purchasing some decent high quality speakers over the next 6 months. So i want my receiver to be able to output some good clean sound quality and power. Im'e also looking for something that can output video well and easily connect my mp3 player too. I dont need internet functions as i have a ps3 handle most of that.
Anyway ime looking to buy a new a/v receiver next month and have been researching. Right now i am going for a 400-500 dollar budget and have really been pushing for the yamaha rxv671. Thing is, i dont need the Zone 2 it has. And the rx571 and 471 are a lot less money. I just figured since the rxv671 is rated at more power it would be able to drive my speakers a lot better. Also i will just use a 5.1 setup so maybe the 471 would do me fine.
I have also looked at options from denon, pioneer, and onkyo. The denon avr612 looks like my first choice if i end up getting a cheaper receiver to give more budget to speakers.
So what do you guys think? Should i just get one of the cheaper receivers because ime just useing 5.1 and dont need zone 2? Or should i be looking for something to output more power?
Edited by Quixetocelixer - 7/10/12 at 3:55pm
That said, the Denon would be the only one of the bunch that can EQ the sub which is the speaker that needs it the most.
