Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: goku
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: goku
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Sell those harddrives and you're well on your way to getting a Denon 5805.
lol, what brand reciever do you have? What do you think of the Denon recievers? Are there better brands? Etc. etc..?
I use these
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Made by Boston Acoustics, which was actually bought by D&M which owns Denon and some other brands.
There are certainly some better brands out there, but Denon is pretty up there for it's high end receivers. Once you get into separates there are some very nice and very very $$$$$ options out there, but you'd know if you wanted to get something like that.
So denon is good for higher end but not for low end? What is considered their Highend? Hey, can you list a series of brands which are good for their market segment...? Like 100-$500 price range blah, $500-1000 or $2000 is blah and 2000-5000 is blah then 5000-10000 is blah? I don't need too specific of range but I want to get an idea what is low end, mid range, high end, really high end and then just beyond high end...
So, where would Onkyo fit into the picture? Sony? lol..
So you're in the market for a receiver somewhere in the $100 to $10,000 range? :laugh:
I don't really know what to tell you.
Nothing wrong with Denon's lower end models, but I wanted to link you to something with 6 component inputs for you to put that into perspective of how much that costs.
Before you get too into this, you should consider the rest of your system.
If you just need a lot of inputs, get some input switches rather than greatly expending your receiver budget just to get more connectivity.
I think as a rough starting point for budget you might do something like 2:1:1 for speakers:receiver:sub.
If you were using an old $200 sony or something with some $200 speakers or something, you're going to be going totally overkill for quality on something beyond a budget receiver.
Spending a lot on your receiver is something you'd want to do if you have nice speakers and want to get the most out of them. You get more features as you move up in receiver budget (like more connectivity... HDMI is now making it into budget receivers, you get better amps, you can get auto equalization, etc.)
If all you want is more component, s-video, composite, and digital audio inputs, go get some input switches and save your money.
What you call "low end" "high end" etc. depends on who you ask.
There are a lot of great options at different priceranges.
Going off your categories just some random thoughts:
$100-$500 I guess would be "budget"
Pioneer, Onkyo, HK, Denon, etc. all have good options in this range.
$500-$1000 I guess I would call "low midrange"
Pioneer, HK, Denon, etc. all still in the mix. You're even getting into separates budget there with Emotiva's low cost option being $900 shipped.
$1000-$2000 I guess would be "midrange"
You're getting into flagship receiver range for some brands and you have a lot more options for separates. Outlaw audio is another popular option that starts in this range.
$2000-$5000 maybe "upper midrange"
There are a few receiver options out there like the Denon 5805 and such, but you'd probably want to be at separates at this point.
$5000+ would leave "high end" as a category
Separates all the way. A nice preamp/processor and then a big beefy multichannel amp, or as you get higher into this range you'd probably be considering running monoblocks as individual amp channels for each speaker (or stereo amps for pairs of them)
Ummm... so where would an Onkyo or Sony be? "budget" unless you're talking about their upper range models.