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cheapest AC3 receiver

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winman42

Discussion Starter · Sep 30, 2000

Need to give this as a wedding gift. What's currently the cheapest

available AC3 receiver. I need a unit with a decoder built in.

thanks,

Win

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Win,

If you are going to give this as a wedding gift and do not want to pay or care as to quality...I think you are better off giving a gift certificate from a quality home audio store and letting the couple decide whether to add to that amount for a higher quality unit. Just my humble opinion.

I think JVC has Dolby Digital units for as little as $190 dollars street. But, if you do care about getting the best quality for a special friend for a very competitive amount of money...take a hard look at the Outlaw Audio model 1050 receiver ( http://www.outlawaudio.com/receiver.html ).

Michael

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winman42

Discussion Starter · #3 · Oct 1, 2000

Michael, thanks for your reply, and your opinion on a gift certificate is a novel idea. However this couple already has a huge Denon unit with ac3/dts in the livingin room. This would be a unit for the bedroom,

so tons of features are surely not need to watch the occasional dvd

before hitting the sack. I didnt want to spend $300.00 for a unit

that is not gonna get much use.

thanks again

Win

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Archangel

· #4 · Oct 1, 2000

Win,

I do not know if you are being sarcastic or not...but my suggestion of a gift certificate is only reflective on how people like to choose their own particular audio equipment units.

Check out:

[ULR] http://www.etown.com/categories/prod...on=home_theate [/url]

For the JVC at $189

Michael

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winman42

Discussion Starter · #5 · Oct 1, 2000

Mike, sorry, but I was not trying to be sarcastic. I honestly mean

it is a good idea for a gift certificate. However, in this case the

party has mentioned to me that they would like a small ac3 receiver,

for dvd only in their bedroom. this is not to be the MAIN unit

for their home theater.

thanks for the links

Win

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Archangel

· #6 · Oct 1, 2000

Win,

Sorry, sometimes you can not tell what people fully mean on these forums...because you can hear the tone of speach of the posts.

I think I fixed the link...so long it did not want to be posted.

Good Luck,

Michael

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bdenman

· #7 · Oct 1, 2000

I have the JVC RX6000VBK and its worked fine for me. I don't like the way they stated their specs (like many manufactures; they fluff it). Its rated at 100W RMS at 1kHz (x5) rather than 20x20kHz so it. But its been fine for my den so no complaints.

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Bruce Denman

aka zzatt

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phyre3

· #8 · Oct 3, 2000

There is a Kenwood Model at 190 as well. The Onkyo 484 at about 100 more with dts and 5 channel stereo is a deal. I think it even has 24/96 dacs. Rated at 55/ch

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JohnnyG

· #9 · Oct 3, 2000

I'm not sure how much it is in the US, but the Technics SA-DX940 is pretty inexpensive. It does DTS too, but only composite video switching.

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John Golitsis

Next Big Thing Electronics

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
http://www.nbtelectronics.com

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