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Good 5.1 reciever

thecoolnessrune

thecoolnessrune

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Can anyone help me out with a good reciever that can do at least 120 watts a channel? The subwoofer is self-powered so only the 5 main channels need powered. It needs at least 2 optical connections with at least 2 component ins and one out. The speaker connections need to be the spring clip connection kind. So can anyone help me out here?
 
Genarally everyone is lying when they say wattage on their receivers 😉

What speakers do you have?

Would binding posts work too? That's whay most receivers are using now.

Doubling your wattage only increases your sound a small degree.

What budget are you thinking?

My own Pioneer 1014tx and the newer 1015tx supposedly actually put out their rated power of over 100 watts/channel but I wouldn't be shocked if it didn't actually do it.

I got mine for $287.
 
you do not need spring clips just use banana plugs.
My preferences in this order under 1k: Marantz, pioneer, yamaha, If you buy online you should do great. Why do you think you need 120? You know very few if any meet there power rating when tested. Unless your speakers are hard to push and your looking for reference levels you should be fine with less. As long as the receiver you buy has preouts you can always add another separate amp later and just use your avr as a processor.
If music is not important yamahas are up there for movies. what speakers are you running?
 
Originally posted by: mattburk
you do not need spring clips just use banana plugs.
My preferences in this order under 1k: Marantz, pioneer, yamaha, If you buy online you should do great. Why do you think you need 120? You know very few if any meet there power rating when tested. Unless your speakers are hard to push and your looking for reference levels you should be fine with less. As long as the receiver you buy has preouts you can always add another separate amp later and just use your avr as a processor.
If music is not important yamahas are up there for movies. what speakers are you running?
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Denon / HK / Onkyo didn't make your list?

(just some more suggestions for the OP)

Are you willing to go refurb on this? You can save a bit of money going that way if you want the best bang for your buck.
 
I am not a big denon guy or onkyo. Compared to the others I mentioned I always prefer them. I almost mentioned hk, but overall I still prefer the marantz, pioneer and yamaha in that order. The only thing I like more than marantz is rotel, but based on the fact he even mentioned spring clips I doubt he is shopping in that price range.
 
Soryy cant do refurb. this is for someone else. Secondly, he has a Digital Audio 5.1 speaker system and 120 watts per channel is the RMS so I think a 120RMS amp reciever would be best for it. Also They use spring clips so banana plugs cant be done. Why cant a Yamaha do Music?
 
That's probably a max rating on the speakers for power handling. You can go less than that without issues.

If he really has a speaker system that needed 120watts of true power he'd probably be picking out his own receiver 😉

Is Digital Audio the brand?

If they connect with speaker wire, binding posts will work just fine.

How much does he want to spend?

Generally spending 1/4 to 1/2 as much on the receiver as the speakers would be a very vague guide to the amount to spend.
 
Sorry no budget. He believes that a 5.1 reciever should be ok in price considering companies are making sure to leave pricing room for the higher echelon 6.1 and 7.1 recievers. How would bingind posts work with bare wire? Yes Digital Audio is the brand. He is kinda the type person who goes and buys the most powerful available. (but no he didn't even realise he needed a reciever). So yes it is indeed 120 watts RMS.
 
Forget that rms rating; just get the best avr you can afford. If the speaker has spring clips it has nothing to do with the avr. You take bare speaker wire on one end and put on some cheap banana plugs and then plug that into your avr, the other end of the wire you can leave bare and plug it directly into the speakers spring clips or us the spring plug connector-check this link:

http://www.monstercable.com/home_av/connectors/speaker.asp

Something like the products on that page does not have to be monster.

Yamaha is fine with music, but the other two I mentioned are much better. Yamaha can be a little bright for music causing listener fatigue

What speakers are you hooking thes up too? They are not computer speakers are they?
 
I like the marantz sr8500 about 1.2k online. If your going higher I like the rotel rsx1067, if your going higher you get into separates and you do need to give a budget it gets spendy fast 20k+ just on electronics. If your going lower budget I like the marantz 4600
 
HK

75 Watts per channel for reals, this will be able to blow up your friends "120 watts" speakers at around half volume.
 
Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
Sorry no budget. He believes that a 5.1 reciever should be ok in price considering companies are making sure to leave pricing room for the higher echelon 6.1 and 7.1 recievers. How would bingind posts work with bare wire? Yes Digital Audio is the brand. He is kinda the type person who goes and buys the most powerful available. (but no he didn't even realise he needed a reciever). So yes it is indeed 120 watts RMS.
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No budget?

Ok... here get a Denon 5805 or something.

You can't judget price on 5.1 vs 6.1 vs 7.1

Binding posts work with bare wire by having you uncrew them and then inserting wire and tightening it back on.

I can take a picture if you really want me to. You'll totally figure it out though if you get one.

Does he have speaker wire already?

Could you give us a link to the speakers so we can show you that you don't need a 120watt receiver?

What do you mean he buys the most powerful available?

Digital speakers doesn't even make any sense 😉
 
Well sadly tested performance is often well below listed as previous people here have noted.

For example, looking at Denon, the only receivers they build that output greater than 100W RMS starts at the 4000-series, and that's a $1.5k investment, SECOND HAND.

The Pioneers that Yoyo mention output around 85W/channel in practice with all channels driven.

Pure AVRs top out at around 150W channel, if you are willing to spend $4-5K in general.

You might want to look into the seperates market. There are lot of high-current power amplifiers out there that put out humongous power, in the range of 200W/channel (although even second-hand on eBay it'll cost you at least $2.5-3K).

That's the price range you are looking at if you want that much power. Maybe you should stick around to something lower, like 80w/channel? I mean what's your budget here?
 
Digital Audio is the brand. They are genuine 5.1 Home Theatre speakers. Correction to my aboves posts its 120 watts max. Not RMS. They are Titanium drivers. (they kinda look like rebadged Polk's lol). So it appears that a reciever that can do 120 max along with the necessary options in my OP will work. I think it is going to be the Yamaha 5830.
 
Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
They are genuine 5.1 Home Theatre speakers.
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Sorry, but... bwahahahhahahahahhahahaha (it doesn't say that on the box or something, does it?)

Ok....

120watts max = any of the receivers I liked to above would be great.

I forgot to mention that Panasonic digital amps have gotten great reviews for the price.

Titanium drivers? How much did they cost?

Where did he get them?
 
I know they are home theatre speakers guys. (Obviously if they dont have any computer connections lol). Also i dont know where he got them or what they cost. I just wondered about a good reciever for him to drive them.
 
Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
I know they are home theatre speakers guys. (Obviously if they dont have any computer connections lol). Also i dont know where he got them or what they cost. I just wondered about a good reciever for him to drive them.
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Why are you picking the receiver out instead of him?

Are you sure this setup isn't powered through the sub or something?

You can get cheap speaker wire here

Select a gauge based on length
info with chart

Speakers are usually 8ohm if they don't say on them.
 
OP, you probably are overpricing the equipment for those speakers. You dont need anything more expensive than 12ga copper wire you can find at homedepot.

Just because they are "Home Theater speakers" doesnt mean they need a lot of power.

You have to gauge the quality of the speakers. If they are mediocre, then why bother getting a greater than mediocre receiver if you cant hear the difference? Just make sure you arent spending obscene amounts of money for absolutely no improvement.

I ran a google search on "Digital Audio + Speakers" and it came up with nothing. I am not trying to jump into conclusions about the quality of the speakers, but I would say that you dont need anything exuberantly good to drive them.

Panasonic XR-55 is a good receiver to start with.


 
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