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Home audio & video: Best digital audio receiver/amplifier?
Simply use receiver for audio only?
by Dan Filice - 11/22/05 10:56 AM In reply to: Might want to wait for 1080p by technomojoRegardless of the TV, one could take the easy route and simply us the receiver for audio-only processing. That way no one will need to lose sleep worrying about 720p, 1080i, 1080p, etc. My Yamaha has component video switching, but I don't use it. Why add yet another variable into the loop? My DVD player and cable connections go directly into my TV.
If your Monitor, Projector, or TV of choice has a Tuner
by technomojo - 11/22/05 5:53 PM In reply to: Simply use receiver for audio only? by Dan FiliceDepends on weather your Monitor, Projector, or TV of choice has a Tuner or electroics that upconvert analog and digital signals to the resolution and scanning method you desire. e.g. interlaced vs progressive.
Dan, agree with you on this...
by sjsh - 11/29/05 5:15 AM In reply to: Simply use receiver for audio only? by Dan FiliceWe both agree that these days with so many digital inputs into Monitors/Plasmas Et Al there is NO need to have video options in a receiver/amplifier, it ONLY needs audio. So why is it so hard/impossible to locate a single audio only unit??? Any fixes product options for this problem? After all it's easy to buy a DVD only unit why not a slimline high quality digital audio unit? Is there one?
Regards
Sam
Good points already
by NM_Bill - 11/25/05 1:32 PM In reply to: Best digital audio receiver/amplifier? by Josh KI'm no seller, pro, and not up on possible true 1080 products in the near future - just a 50 year music lover. Hope you've allocated as much as practical to those speakers. Fine, pleasing speakers aren't necessarily tech dependent. I've upgraded systems several times - never to any ultimate, but pretty damn nice.
For really solid price/value ratio and current tech I really can recommend brands such as Denon and NAD. For the latest enhancement I am glad I checked out and found a good independent audio dealer in business for many years. Sure, he does home theater, too and actually knows pertinent stuff. Being nice but firm I got for like 8% over online, and worth it. No hustle or pressure.
Those mentioned brands I woouldn't hesitate recommending.
Receiver/Amplifier
by btonesr - 11/26/05 9:04 AM In reply to: Good points already by NM_BillI have been looking for a while now and have come accross an Onkyo receiver. It is the TX-SR803. It has HDMI, component, svideo etc. It is THX select 2 and has all the bells and whistles you might want including ipod and xm radio. It is 105 watts per channel and is less than $1000.
The Onkyo page for this is http://www.us.onkyo.com/model.cfm?m=TX-SR803&class=Receiver&p=i
If you don't need or want the HDMI you might be interested in the TX-SR703.
Ultimately you are the only one that can make the decision on what to buy.
Good luck.
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