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Looking for audio reciever

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imported_goku

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At the moment I have a Sony STR-DE685 '500Watt' reciever with polk audio speakers. If I were to have the $1k budget, I what reciever would I choose to fit into that budget? Is a $1000 like budget asking too much?

One problem I'm noticing though is with recievers is they seem to have more inputs of something that I don't want than something that I do want.. I'd prefer to have more component inputs than HDMI inputs, also I only need 100watts per channel.

I'd need about 6 S-video (S-video+Composite) inputs at the moment, if I get component for the cable box, it'd be 5 though 6 would make sure I wouldn't have to worry about it.

The reciever would need a minimum # of these inputs:
6-S-Video Inputs
At least or 4 Coaxial Digital Audio inputs
5 Optical Inputs
6 Component Inputs

My polk audio speakers are RM6000.
 
Getting a 5.1 reciever would automatically be cheaper than that if everything else is the same, right? I only need a 5.1 reciever, anything more would be a waste of money.
 
I got my Sherwood 6105 refurb for 70$ at Outpost.com
Anything better with cheapie Polk speakers is silly.

The next best bet is to get a used Denon, Yamaha, or Onkyo reciever. Check out St. Vinny's; around here, they have sweet deals.

Spend as much of the money as possible on the front (primary stereo) speakers, as you'll be listening to them the most. For about 300$, you can get a used pair of REALLY nice speakers from a local "pro audio" store, complete with warranty, et cetera. A decent powered subwoofer is nice to have, but you don't need anything fancy; boombox speakers often work just fine for rear channels, and your center channel speaker need'nt be anything fancy.

For 600$, you can get a !@#$!ing awesome system that will outperform those costing 1,000$+.

EDIT:
For 80$, the same pro audio store sells a video switchbox that turns one S-video input into five.
 
Don't buy from there, but you should browse crutchfield.com and use their tables to check which models have the inputs you need.
 
Originally posted by: Cheesehead
I got my Sherwood 6105 refurb for 70$ at Outpost.com
Anything better with cheapie Polk speakers is silly.

The next best bet is to get a used Denon, Yamaha, or Onkyo reciever. Check out St. Vinny's; around here, they have sweet deals.

Spend as much of the money as possible on the front (primary stereo) speakers, as you'll be listening to them the most. For about 300$, you can get a used pair of REALLY nice speakers from a local "pro audio" store, complete with warranty, et cetera. A decent powered subwoofer is nice to have, but you don't need anything fancy; boombox speakers often work just fine for rear channels, and your center channel speaker need'nt be anything fancy.

For 600$, you can get a !@#$!ing awesome system that will outperform those costing 1,000$+.

EDIT:
For 80$, the same pro audio store sells a video switchbox that turns one S-video input into five.
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Wtf are you talking about? Are you trying to tell me that instead of sticking with a matching 5.1 set of $400 polk audio speakers that I should instead get a semi decent stereo pair, and some crappy surround speakers instead? That is probably the most retarded thing I have heard. Also, you're suggesting a $90 reciever when I already have a $200 sony reciever? Your post is absolutely worthless.

Oh and btw, that reciever you bought only has composite video inputs, but it only has 1 optical in, again making your reciever absolutely worthless garbage to me.
 
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