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Looking for a receiver replacement

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insane111

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My Denon AVR-1612 finally died out on me, so I am looking for a replacement 5.1 receiver.
I don't have much knowledge on audio equipment so, I hope someone can guide me to a good option

I would like the keep the price modest, perhaps in the ~300 range. Currently the only thing I intend
to use it for is using my PC as the home theater center. So I have my projector connected as a 2nd
monitor through the receiver, and transmitting the audio to the receiver through my video cards HDMI port.


Here are the speakers I am looking to power

Fron L/R: Polk TSi300 Floor Standers - Peak 150 watts
Center: Polk CS10 - Peak 125 watts
Rears: Polk TSi 100 Bookshelf - Peak 100 watts
Subwoofer is a powered Klipsch RW-12d, no juice needed there.

I assume something with 75-100 WPC would be sufficient, I'm just looking for something with the best "bang for buck" in that range.
 
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Check out accesories4less They only sell refurbs but some come with warranties. I have one receiver from them and one from amazon and the one I got from accessories4less is actually better but I don't feel like re-calibrating my theater room. haha You can probably get a rocking onkyo from there with lots of bells and whistles or if you want nice room calibration get something with audyssey like a Marantz. FYI Marantz are just Dennons with nicer hardware, e.g. Toyota and Lexus.
 
If you really want to spend the time go over to avsforums and search. Pretty much all you want to know. I'm looking also right now and my one priority is LOTS of Hdmi inputs.
 
I'll suggest grabbing something with HDCP 2.2 compliance for upcoming 4K releases. My Onkyo died recently and I upgraded to a Yamaha RX-V679BL after researching and finding out about that. Not in your price range, but I think Pioneer makes a cheaper 5.1 or 5.2 receiver with HDCP 2.2.
 
2015 DENON X series. All HDCP 2.2, HDMI 2.0a. Just grabbed an X4200W.
 
I bought a Yamaha years ago, and it is still going strong. For the price point, they are hard to beat. I've tried cheaper brands, but so far haven't found anything that has reasonable features and also remembers where it was set last time.
 
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