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Title: Receiver recommendations for home theater
Post by: tapeworm48 on April 27, 2006, 01:51:05 PM

I'm looking to purchase a receiver for my new place.  Price requirement should be around $300 +/-100 i guess.  I'll primarily playback CDs, DVD-audio (if i buy the right player), DATs, and computer.  I'll hook it up to my plasma as well.  I'd like to move to 24-bit in the future, so the receiver should be compatible for that as well, and 5.1 channels should work for me.

I wanted to stay away from the HTIB concept because they might lack the sufficient amount of inputs, but does anyone know much about the pioneer elite EX-500?

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Receiver recommendations for home theater
Post by: Daryan on April 27, 2006, 02:28:56 PM
Panasonic XR series with the hdmi.  I believe the current model is xr-70, though they have some new ones coming out soon I think.
Title: Re: Receiver recommendations for home theater
Post by: tapeworm48 on April 28, 2006, 09:55:35 AM

Thanks for the recommendation, I will look into it.  What is a good, thorough site where I could find some reviews for receivers and hometheater systems?
Title: Re: Receiver recommendations for home theater
Post by: pjdavep on April 28, 2006, 10:43:01 AM
Quote from: tapeworm48 on April 28, 2006, 09:55:35 AM

Thanks for the recommendation, I will look into it.  What is a good, thorough site where I could find some reviews for receivers and hometheater systems?

Hey Vikas,

Here are some consumer review sites, which a lot of times I find more helpful than a professional review:
http://www.avsforum.com/
http://www.audioreview.com/
http://www.audioasylum.com/index.html

Later,
  pjdavep
Title: Re: Receiver recommendations for home theater
Post by: Weirdness on April 29, 2006, 04:33:15 PM
One of the best bang for your buck receivers out there right now is the Pioneer VSX-1015TX.  Apparently this is pretty much the same as one of the Elite models, less the glossy cabinet and a different remote.  There is alot of talk about Outlaw right now as well but I don't know much about that line.  The 1015 is a nice piece though. 
Title: Re: Receiver recommendations for home theater
Post by: tapeworm48 on May 01, 2006, 09:19:22 AM

Dave, thanks for the links, i'll look for reviews there.

I've been considering the pioneer VSX-xx15 series as well as some of the Elite series receivers.  I was going to look for consumer reviews of how the pioneers compare to the yamaha and onkyo receivers.  Denon might be a little out of my range.  Thanks for the recommendation.
Title: Re: Receiver recommendations for home theater
Post by: mhibbs on May 03, 2006, 11:12:29 PM
I've been a big Denon fan for a while.  You can pick up this 2700 in your price range.

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?miscrcvr&1149662676
Title: Re: Receiver recommendations for home theater
Post by: tapeworm48 on May 04, 2006, 09:08:16 AM
Quote from: Weirdness on April 29, 2006, 04:33:15 PM
One of the best bang for your buck receivers out there right now is the Pioneer VSX-1015TX.  Apparently this is pretty much the same as one of the Elite models, less the glossy cabinet and a different remote.  There is alot of talk about Outlaw right now as well but I don't know much about that line.  The 1015 is a nice piece though. 

what kind of speakers are you running with the 1015?  i saw this unit at best buy the other day and was pretty impressed with it.  i'll have to A/B the denon as well.