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New member Username: Pne123CA USA Post Number: 1 Registered: Sep-04 | I am replacing an old receiver, onkyo txsv454 and I had decided on the Panny he100k but then started looking around. I just bought a new dvd player, panny DVD-F87K (in the mail) and thought "if I am going to tear apart my system to replace the dvd player, I might as well upgrade the receiver". If I am going to $100, I should just go ahead and spend $400.....my wife hates my logic. I use my system 40% TV, 40% movies, 10% music and 10% xbox with movie sound being what I care the most about most. My speakers are all klipsch ref. 3II I have narrowed it down to these options, and yes I did read and search this forum. That is how I got these. Denon AVR-684 $218 reconditioned Denon AVR-1604 $259 I read here that these are the same just different warranties... Onkyo TX-SR502 $209 reconditioned or $249 new. Harman Kardon AVR 130-Z $231 Panasonic SA-HE100K $229 I have had good experience w/ Onkyo and my Yamaha. I left Yamaha off the list because I had to trim something off... Overstock. com has a bunch but there model numbers make no sense to me and the Yamaha website sucks. I could not find out which is the older model and which is the higher end model so I got frustrated and removed them all. As you can tell my budget is under $250. SO, I would love to hear anybodies and everybody's input on these receivers so I can narrow down the list to just one..... thank you in advance |
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Bronze Member Username: BleustarPensacola, Florida Post Number: 71 Registered: Jul-04 | Hands down the new Harman Kardon AVR130! |
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Silver Member Username: Rh1Post Number: 131 Registered: Jun-04 | Also, consider Pioneer 914k. I think you would be pleased with this low budget receiver and I believe you can pick one up at ecost.com or onecall.com for about the same price range you are looking at. |
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Silver Member Username: Rh1Post Number: 146 Registered: Jun-04 | from another post...good choice too "Consider upping that a bit to the HK avr-320 for $389.99 at ecost.com http://www.ecost.com/ecost/ecsplash/shop/detail.asp?dpno=963097 " |
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New member Username: Pne123CA USA Post Number: 2 Registered: Sep-04 | thanks for the input but I can not up my budget...wife. I was already to go w/ the avr130 but it doen't have a/b speakers. Not a major issue if I keep my old receiver and use it of the outside speakers but I was planning on selling it to help pay for the new one. I keep ending up at the onkyo cuz i know them so I will probably go w/ it. thanks |
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New member Username: Pne123CA USA Post Number: 3 Registered: Sep-04 | I went back to ecost and the had Denon 884 "open box" "reconditioned" receiver for $208. I picked it up. thanks |