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$1,000 or less AV receiver…suggestions?
I have a very small t.v. listening space upstairs away from our main HT. My wife uses this t.v./area to watch HGTV, hockey and baseball games primarily. I'm looking for an inexpensive HT receiver to drive all Goldenear Aon bookshelf speakers. My budget is $1,000 or less. 99% basic HD tv, no 3D t.v. and 1% BlueRay movies. I want to route the HDMI signal through the receiver also. Basic 5.1 set up.
Your recommendations please (sorry, no Emotiva or Sony - bad past experiences ). I'm open to Denon, NAD, Yamaha, Cambridge Audio, etc. I would also be open to "used" if a unit were in mint/like new condition. Fire away….. Thx!
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McIntosh Labs Last edited by JWJW; 04-05-2014 at 08:34 PM. |
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I would recommend the NAD. I own the T757 which is around your budget, now the T758, and it sounds very good and have had no issues with it. I have had Yamaha, Onkyo and Denon, and sonically I would say they can't hold a candle to the NAD. Highly recommend it.
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+2 on the NAD a lot for the $$$$ in that class + they have decent headroom too
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I bought a used Pioneer LX72 and I'm very happy with it. It's enough for the job I ask it to do.
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I agree with NAD
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Check out Anthem great ARC.
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I got a demo version of Cambridge Audio Azur 551R for a 1000 $ - it's probably less expensive in the US and I can highly recommend it. Very little gadgetry and great sound!
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Denon X4000 for the top of the line Audyssey MultiEQ XT32 (Pro compatible I believe) which offers the best room EQ correction resolution in a consumer system.
It also has SubEQ which handles multiple subs and LFC which tries to prevent subwoofer vibrations from escaping to the next room/apartment. You can always add better power amps if you need it with the pre-outs on this AVR. It's under 1k now because the replacement model is on the way - that would be about 1.4k new but will support the new Dolby Atmos decoding. If you don't plan on using Atmos, I expect the X4000 is probably the best bang for the buck now. |
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