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Originally Posted by tsf
Hi All
Once again I am look for your thoughts and suggestions (valued as always) on a replacement A/V Reciever for our Theatre Room. Current we have a Pioneer VSX-710S which as served us well, but I currently have HDMI, Component and Composite cables connect to the TV and would like to reduce that to just HDMI, plus I am in need of another couple of inputs;
(HTPC - HDMI, XBox 360 - HDMI or Component, VCR - Composite, PS2 - Component, DVD Player - Component and a future Blu-ray Drive which I guess will be HDMI)
I was thinking something along the lines of the Onkyo TX-SR606, the Yamaha RX-V863 or the Denon 2808.
I am leaning towards the Yamaha was it has 3 HDMI inputs and will happly upscale all video to either HDMI or component (so that covers the one cable to the TV and one cable to the Projector).
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated and if anyone has the Yamaha I would love to hear of your experience.
Cheers
Andrew
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I am a big fan of Denon. I have Denon stereo amplifier that is still going strong after 20 years, and I recently bought a 7.1 amplifier for my HTPC. The overall balance of sound is a personal preference, and I find the yamahas harsh and the pioneers a bit lacking.
I did not want to fork out for a brand new Denon, so I bought a 3 year old one off e-bay for 1/3 the price of the latest model. It lacks HDMI switching (has component or less), but I put my video inputs direct to the TV and switch them at the same time as the audio using a logitech remote. The amplifier drives more speakers than I have (only 6), handles the usual audio standards and remembers different settings for each input source.
P.S. It is a lot cheaper to put a Blu-ray drive in your HTPC than buy an standalone model - and you won't need extra video and audit inputs.