Jump to content

What cha get for Christmas?


RickFL

Recommended Posts

I had one of the best Christmas' ever this year:

1. Time with family. :smile:

2. A new job to start 2014 off with. :emotion-19:

3. A new SVS SB12-NSD subwoofer from my beloved mother. :emotion-25:

4. After selling enough things to purchase it, I just ordered a new Yamaha RX-A1020 receiver. B)

Since getting the sub last week, I needed something with bass management. I was previously using an R-S700 stereo receiver, and while it had a sub out, it had zero bass management, and was not ideal. Plus, it has a few other features that I needed/wanted: Digital out connection, good quality DAC's with opt/coax inputs, and HD radio.

Yamaha-RX-A1020.jpg

Edited by Rick
  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Rick nice Christmas. How much did the Yamaha set you back? We've only 4 HD Radio Stations, & 2 of them are National Peoples Radio, but I like.

The best price I could find was $799 shipped (World Wide Stereo through Amazon), or $400 off original price since it has been replaced by the 1030. I have been looking at several others in the past week including the Marantz SR6007, Sherwood Newcastle R-972, and Onkyo TX-NR809, and a couple others.

The Sherwood scared me away with all the bugs it appears to have, and it didn't have a phono input, though it was a great deal @ $499 shipped. The Onkyo was also $499 shipped, but I am too scared to purchase any recent Onkyo, with all the HDMI board failures they've been having. The Marantz was closest to the Yamaha as far as price ($699 refurb from A4L) and features I wanted. I ultimately chose the Yamaha, because I'm a huge fan of their gear, as they are (IMO) some of the best looking, well built, EXTREMELY RELIABLE, and excellent sounding receivers ever built. I've owned more Yammies than I can recall, and they've never let me down.

I was also willing to go used to save some cash, but couldn't find anything that blew me away on Audiogon or Craigslist, and I don't have an Ebay/PayPal account. Besides, I like the piece of mind of having something new, with a warranty.

Edited by Rick
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

My 1st Receiver was a Yamaha; wish I still had it, was working when I gave it away.

Have 2 Denons now; both had to go back for repairs. 1st Denon worked until Lightning got it...

Still using Sony I replaced it with.

I've had a couple of Denons as well: AVR-3801 & AVR-3310CI. I really liked those as well, they both sounded great, and also never let me down, though I didn't own the 3310 for all that long, and I have read where those have had HDMI board issues as well.

Edited by Rick
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

My 1st Receiver was a Yamaha; wish I still had it, was working when I gave it away.

Have 2 Denons now; both had to go back for repairs. 1st Denon worked until Lightning got it...

Still using Sony I replaced it with.

I've had a couple of Denons as well: AVR-3801 & AVR-3310CI. I really liked those as well, they both sounded great, and also never let me down, though I didn't own the 3310 for all that long, and I have read where those have had HDMI board issues as well.

I like my denon AVR 3801 so much I bought a second one for another system. Great 7.1 with pre outs And inputs for the oppo 103.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

i got some gun accessories, a few michael buble cd's, a couple blu rays. most of all i enjoyed watching my son open presents. he seems to be growing up so fast. its crazy. cant wait till he is about 6 or 7 and i can buy him his first set of speakers. IF he shows interest in the hobby that is. merry christmas everyone

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I got exploding targets. Whoo Hoo! I love things that go BANG! Son and Grandson here for the day. Son and I built model rockets of my own design. One came apart in the air and the rocket motors powered into the ground 2 feet from my feet. Another seperated in the air and motors went in all directions. Great fun and none of the neighbors complained today.

Now when I start shooting my exploding targets, I'll probably get complaints again. But since they are not legal on Federal property I will just have shoot them at home. :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...