Diving into home audio, recommendations on a receiver

[BringDaBoom 10+ year member]

OK guys, need some help.

I plan on eventually getting a pretty kick a$$ set up for the house. To help get me started, my dad graciously gave me a Toshiba 5 channel (plus subwoofer, so 6) home system...minus receiver. The receiver crapped out.

I'd like to get a receiver for these speakers that will also be fine for when the time comes to get a nice pair of Klipsch or B&W's.

This system looks identical to this:

Except the center channel is rectangular instead of more square like the satelite speakers.

Here the specs for the speakers:

Satellite Speaker Center Speaker Passive Subwoofer

Type: 2 Way 2 Speaker 2 Way 2 Speaker 1 Way 1 Speaker

Impedance: 8 Ω 8 Ω 4 Ω

Frequency: 110 - 40kHz 110 - 40kHz Hz 40 - 1,500Hz

SPL: 83 dB/W (1m) 83 dB/W (1m) 82 dB/W (1m)

Rated Power: 60W 60W 100 W

Max. Power: 120 W 120 W 200 W

Now there are 6 speakers total and the specs above list 5. Are the 4 satilites supposed to be wired so that a pair are as one, so that they split the 60W for 30W a piece?

Anyways... give me the best options for a reciever that will also make a great one for better speakers later on. If I end up getting higher power rated speakers (I probably will) I can get an amp by Rotel or something.

So far the best receiver I've come across for those power levels is one by Marantz for $349. This one right here: http://us.marantz.com/Products/2090.asp

I'd like to stay at this dollar figure or below. In found a Sony one to but it's 100W per channel.

Thanks in advance.

PS: Also the speakers have little red and black tabs on the back to accept regular speaker wire. It's not RCA's or fixed wires coming out of them.

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[GabeC 10+ year member]

Onkyo all the way. Harmon Kardon are also very well made too.

You going to be running video through it as well? Couple new onkyo's have HDMI Switching built in to them which helps if your running an HD set up.

 

[BringDaBoom 10+ year member]

Onkyo all the way. Harmon Kardon are also very well made too.
You going to be running video through it as well? Couple new onkyo's have HDMI Switching built in to them which helps if your running an HD set up.

Holy crap I almost forgot.

Yeah video. Everything is gonna run into it: DVD player, TV and Xbox. Sorry. I little...but also big fact //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/redface.gif.62fdbfe1a101588a808c4cff71bcb942.gif

Also, the sub is 4ohms. What happens if all the reciever's I'm looking at have all the channels at 8 or 6 ohms? Would the sub not work then, or get less power than rated?

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I am comparing the next higher up level marantz (4002) to the sr605.

The marantz has 3 hdmi inputs, whereas the sr605 has two.

It looks like the marantz has a better eq.

The marantz costs about $150 more.

 

[BringDaBoom 10+ year member]

I am comparing the next higher up level marantz (4002) to the sr605.
The marantz has 3 hdmi inputs, whereas the sr605 has two.

It looks like the marantz has a better eq.

The marantz costs about $150 more.

Ok. Yeah, Trying to stay at or below the price range on the SR3001 from marantz.

The Sr605 is out my price range, but I did find this one by Onkyo: http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=TX-SR304&class=Receiver&p=i

That one should do fine right?

 

[GabeC 10+ year member]

Ok. Yeah, Trying to stay at or below the price range on the SR3001 from marantz.
The Sr605 is out my price range, but I did find this one by Onkyo: http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=TX-SR304&class=Receiver&p=i

That one should do fine right?

Anything with Onkyo's name on it a good quality shit. The one you posted looks pretty good. HDMI Switching, HDMI Upconverting and it's Sat Radio ready. I say go for it.

 

[Max_Power 10+ year member]

if it was my money it would be an Onkyo 605 for sure. I havent had one thing I didnt like about my onkyo I have now.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Yamaha makes some killer receivers. i have a rxv-2500 from a few years back. it's a sweet unit. only thing it lacks is HDMI. it has 130x7 for power which is plenty. it also had an $1100 price tag.

 

[JLMaster 10+ year member]

I have a Yamaha receiver, bad ***.... and when you look into getting speakers and what not, look into Paradigm....

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

My order of selection would be this.

NAD~Cambridge~Pioneer Elite->Yamaha RX-V~Sony ES->Denon~Onky->Sony

There might be some moving around there due to model fluctuation.

BTW, //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/woot.gif.aaa6090e619a97b6090d16dd863c5a69.gif for the B&W too...

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

OP, what is your budget?

There are some NAD and Cambridge pieces on sale at audioadvisor.com

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

joetama makes no mention of marantz

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

joetama makes no mention of marantz

In with Yamaha RX-V and the Sony ES I guess... But, the differentiation between that group and the Onkyo Denon group is so close it is hard to even say which one is better.

Personal preference I guess, same with the NAD and Cambridge. But, whatever he wanted opinions right?

 

[BringDaBoom 10+ year member]

OP, what is your budget?
There are some NAD and Cambridge pieces on sale at audioadvisor.com

Budget is $350. I plan on going through Audio Advisors. Just wanted a feel for what I should llok at before I give my guy JC a call. But I may go with Onkyo since you guys are giving it great reviews if Audio Advisors can't give me what I need for my speakers and meet my budget.

Audio Advisors deals with Marantz, JVC, Sony, and Pioneer.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Not the website. That site didn't have any pioneer elite that I saw.