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Good reciever to get started?

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So I recently posted asking for a decent 5.1 system.

But I thought instead I thought I might start building a higher end system with a reciever and such... but I know nothing about doing this. I play tons of games and watch the occasional movie.

What do I need to know to go about this? My goal is a good 5.1 surround sound system.

Can someone suggest a good reciever to get me started?
 
Denon 1802 is a great receiver for a great price :)

Recently bought a Pioneer D812 from Best Buy for the incredibly low low price of $189CDN (or ~ 110 US), including a 3 year price plan (yay for open boxes). For the price it makes for a pretty decent secondary HT receiver :D
 
If you're still looking for a surround system, try this Onkyo system. As you see, Cnet reviews it highly, plus CompUSA has them for $399 after a $100 instant rebate. Very nice price for what you get. I have this system and I think it sounds great, especially for the price.
 
You're kidding me, right? For a receiver with all this one has, 6 great speakers and a very nice sub? Please let us in on better deals, cause I looked for good HTIB deals for a while before I settled on this one. I've seen cheaper systems, but I haven't seen any better systems for the price.
 
There is no real budget... I want to slowly put this one together.

I don't want anything super high end, just a decent reciever to start. I would like to try and use the digital out if that is possible.
 
sorry, but you're not going to get 5 decent sounding speakers, a sub and a reciever for $400. It's just not going to happen. For that money, it's a much better idea to get a pair of mostly decent full range speakers and a refurb Onkyo SR501. The key feature that you want to look for in a reciever is multichannel analog inputs so that you can hook it up to your soundcard.

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PS2262
PS2262--Acoustic Research PS2262 Tower Speaker (single unit) 2 $44.10
Subtotal $88.20
Sales Tax $0.00
Shipping $48.00

Refurb Onkyo TX-SR501
http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?dpno=157373
$159.99 + 5.95 handling

If you really want 5.1 sound, then you could get a set of b-stock Rocket Tykes for $250 + $24 shipping.
http://www.av123.com/products_product.php?section=stock&product=38.1
 
I know lots of people are going to give it a thumbs down, but I got my reciever off ebay...
sony str-de935....i got it late 2003, at that time it was four years old...but it sounds great, works like a charm! Plus with the middle-higher end sonys you get an awesome DAC (one of the best for the price), plus it supports dolby digital, pro logic, etc AND it can input 96kHz PCM (which would, say, I don't know, let you input a digital multichannel stream from your pc *coughdoom3cough*)...

Bottom line, figure out what features you'd like to see, shop around, and dont necessarily disregard ebay - you can find some great deals on there...

*edit* : you usually hear budget twice as much for speakers as you do for your reciever....it depends on if this is something you want to keep for a long time, but i would start out with a nice reciever and two nice towers for your fronts...then as you get more free cash spring for the extra speakers...
 
GodsMadClown said:
sorry, but you're not going to get 5 decent sounding speakers, a sub and a reciever for $400. It's just not going to happen.
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I guess I must be hallucinating when I listen to my system then... :rolleyes:

Honestly, this is not a high end system by any means, but it beats just about everything else for the price.
 
I've heard one of those Onkyo systems (friend has it) and they truly aren't that bad. I'm not sure I would buy one, but then again my sub costs as much as that whole system.

That said, picking the pieces you want and putting the system together can be a good deal of fun. For some good but affordable receivers that are easy to get ahold of Denon, Onkyo H/K (don't care for the silver scheme on the new ones) are good choices. NAD has some fairly affordable stuff too I think now but to be honest I haven't looked closely in 6 months. My current interest is in a DVD-A/SACD player.
 
You can't go wrong with Yamaha. I have the RX-v1400, RX-v2092, and RX-v870 around in my household. The YPAO auto-calibration system might not be perfect, but makes setting up so much easier. BestBuy carries most of the more affordable models, maybe a few high-end ones.
 
Yamaha delivers strong, clear sound, but its a bit lifeless to me. That said, they are good receivers.

I like H/K, has a bit more depth to the sound. I just followed a link in the HTPC thread on receiver advice and a comment was made that polk speakers sound really good on H/K, which is generally pretty true. They come to life.
 
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