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Opinions on Yamaha RX-V373 for beginner audio setup?

post #1 of 12
2/25/13 at 1:17pm
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Hey guys, aside from hunting for my next television, I set aside some money for audio. At first I thought HTIB, but after reading a bit, I decided to go with a fresh setup. Mu budget for this is maybe about 500 or so +50 in best buy gift cards (so like 550 at BB). I read good things about the RX-V373, and I have Best Buy price matching Fry's at $177 for this receiver. Is this a good 5.1 receiver? Relatively future proof if I get better speakers in the future? Any alternate recommendations? Or maybe speakers you could suggest that might go well on my budget?

I'm in a relatively small space. I don't need 7.1 . I play Blu rays through my PS3, game w PS3 &Xbox 360, have Comcast through a Motorolla RGM200N box and I currently have a Panasonic P42S1 plasma, soon to be a 2012 or 2013 Panasonic plasma of 55-60 inches.
Edited by Omni009 - 2/25/13 at 3:23pm
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post #2 of 12
2/25/13 at 3:54pm
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Any thoughts? How about this Denon 1612 in comparison. I've been searching the forum and found most think it's better, but I don't think BB has them (at least not new) and they do have this Yamaha price matched for 177. I think 199 is the best I can find on a refurb Denon 1612 right now?

Sorry to be bumping, but I'm supposed to make the drive to pick this up in a couple hours if I decide I want it.
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post #3 of 12
2/25/13 at 5:41pm
373 is a good receiver, nothing special, but it works well. I have installed many.
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post #4 of 12
2/25/13 at 7:06pm
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Thanks man!
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post #5 of 12
2/26/13 at 7:26am
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So I did pick this up for 142 after gift cards & price match.

Now I have about 370-400 left for speakers. I did like the Pioneer speakers I heard there, both the floor speakers (52's) and the bookshelf ones they had on sale (22's). Wife says we'll have no room for the floor speakers after we get the new 60 inch TV...so maybe bookshelf speakers it is. It's a small room to fill with sound anyways. Any other speaker suggestions for within that budget?
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post #6 of 12
2/26/13 at 8:11am
Have you considered Wharfedale speakers? They're very good for their price. Especially the diamond 9 series.
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post #7 of 12
2/26/13 at 8:22pm
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I'll look into those. At this point, I know almost nothing about speakers/home audio so all advice is welcomed.
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post #8 of 12
2/28/13 at 10:28am
I have one and I like it a lot. like most AV receivers, I wish it had more than 2 optical inputs, but other than that it's great - especially for the price!
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post #9 of 12
2/28/13 at 5:53pm
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One more question. For my budget I'm pretty sold on these Andrew Jones speakers. Really liked them. On a budget, is it better to get the 2 bookshelf speakers, center, and then a nicer sub like that BIC 12, or to get the floorstand speakers, center, and budget sub from this line? My wife seems to think we'll have space issues with the floor speakers, not to mention keeping our 11 month old from wreaking them...buy I liked the floor speakers a lot. But this is my first time doing this, so I'm not sure for the money what will get me the better sound!
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post #10 of 12
3/6/13 at 10:36am
some floor standing speakers are a lot like a "bookshelf" speakers, just with their own stand. sure they look great, but not all are needed IMO. I have the Klipsch RB 61 II and could not be happier with them. I just love the horn-loaded tweeter sound

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-eRvB1nvY8Ec/p_714RB61IIC/Klipsch-Reference-RB-61-II-Cherry.html

if you have the room, nothing wrong with floor standing speakers. If you have somewhere to set bookshelf speakers, or don't mind getting stands for them, you can save a bit.

For my left/right speakers I started with Definitive ProCinema 60, then tried some of my older Infinity RS 225, and now the Klipsch. Staying with Klipsch.
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post #11 of 12
3/6/13 at 12:44pm
I've got the 373... It's quite a decent thing, IMO. Not too fancy. It'll drive most commercial 8-ohm speakers that Best Buy sells. I have no problem recommending it, unless you're going to do what I've done to myself...

I only really have one complaint with it. And, it's more of a "it'd be nice if" than a real complaint. I used to run Polk TSI300s as mains, CS20 as center, and cube speakers as surrounds. I could crank that pretty much as loud as I wanted. I recently moved the TSI300s to the rears and bought a pair of RTI10s for mains. Now, the speakers draw enough wattage to trip the protection circuit if I really crank an action flick (it set in at about -17dB). (The RTIs and TSIs are set up as "large".) The crossover to the sub can only be set at one frequency for all 5 speakers, but each set of speakers is really suited to a different crossover point. (CS - 80Hz, TSI - 60, RTI - 40 or 50)

If you're using smaller speakers for surrounds, I'm sure it's not going to be an issue.
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post #12 of 12
3/6/13 at 3:22pm
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The crossover to the sub can only be set at one frequency for all 5 speakers, but each set of speakers is really suited to a different crossover point. (CS - 80Hz, TSI - 60, RTI - 40 or 50)

That's why you get the Denon 1612. Independent crossover for front, center and surrounds.
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