Looking for best bang for buck quality receiver that has both ATMOS, pre-outs and a fair amt. of power and ideally spending under $1k which is probably the issue. Definitely open to refurbished, i.e. Accessories4less or B stock. Likely will be powering a 7.2 system in a fairly large room. Speakers B&W either 683 or CM9's. The reason for the preouts is understand the B&W's perform better with more power, i.e. separate amp for L,R,C. Multiple zones would be good as well, at least one other, ideally 3 zones. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Greg
ok - I want to revisit this. I was originally thinking of waiting to get an AVR with DTS:X but have been checking the new DTS:X receivers and they are either very expensive or do not support pre outs, Denon 7200 expensive, or Onkyo 747 no preouts. So not sure I want to wait. I have to drive 4 ohm Totem Tribe III speakers and have just purchased a barely used Parasound 1203A that has 140W into 8ohm and 200 into 4 ohm for 3 channels that I want to use for L,C,R. Big room with 7.1.
I was looking at the following:
• Onkyo 838 - $699 open box or refurb for $599 – 130watts, Zone 2 powered & a zone 3 w/o power could use a separate amp I have for that zone to power.
• Integra 40.6 -$600-$900 ebay 110Watts, powered zone 2 only if 5.2
• Yamaha Aventage no HDMI 2.2
- 2040 – Acc4less: $1,199
• Denon 4100 $799 Acc4less but no HDMI 2.2
• Marantz 7009 – 9.2, 125Watts $1,299 Acc4less no HDMI 2.2
Seems like the Onkyo is best bang for buck. Am I missing something? I would like to get something with DTS:X but seems quite pricey at this point and not sure I want to wait 6-9 months. Musically I understand Marantz to be the best followed perhaps by Yamaha. But both are a bit pricey. Not sure how important 2.2 is, but not sure I want to risk it. Are there newer receivers coming out that I should consider?