Mike B - thanks for the Audiogon idea, I will keep an eye on it.
Thanks Terry! I only have experience with Yamaha rack effects units, they seemed pretty good, but not user friendly. I've heard mixed things about their home stuff. No experience with Denon, what do you like about them?
Cheers!
Also check Raleigh Craigs List... There's always a ton of stuff on there... Audiogon, do a "zip code" search...
I don't have any real exp with Yamaha. Dood just says he gets zero complaints about it, and its inexpensive and works well...
I've owned two Denon products over the years and they've all worked flawlessly, until... The double cassette deck eventually stared giving my issues, and I hardly every needed it anymore so I bagged it... Our Denon AV Receiver got hit by lightning that took out out TV, Cable Box, DVD Player and Denon... It was the AVR-389 and it was very very nice...
I like the fact that it only needed 3 total HDMI cables (DVD>AVR, Cable>AVR, AVR>TV) and it did everything with one push on the remote...
Terry