Receiver reccomendation

[tigerwoodKhorns]

I have a good friend who has a pair of JBL L100's that he bought new when he was 18.  He has had the woofer refoamed and he refinished them and wants a receiver.  He has an old TT (don't knwo what kind), and CDplayer and I think he wants to be able to use an ipod, internet streaming etc.  He also wants to be able to go to surround in the future.

 

Don't know a price range.  Room size is probably not too big. 

 

Any ideas? 

[K5SS]

Price range is very important. 

 

With no price to go off of, I'd recommend the Pioneer Elite SC-89;)

[tigerwoodKhorns]

Well, he has a pair of L100s, so I might guess something around $200 to maybe $800 to give him options. 

[BAZMANN]

I have a Yamaha 2010 for the center and rears and emotive for the fronts. if I ever replace my Yamaha I will go back to Denon I feel they have amps

with more punch.

[Rhetor]

Well, he has a pair of L100s, so I might guess something around $200 to maybe $800 to give him options.

At $800 or less, he might be able to pick up a Denon AVR . . . For 6 bills, something like the Denon AVR X3000 at Amazon . . . has all the streaming options and bells and whistles with great sound. I like both Denon and Pioneer sound, for both 2 channel and surround duty.

With the X3000 he can run two channel now and surround later . . . with all of the streaming he wants . . . and he gets a 3 year warranty on the new unit.

Edited September 21, 2014 by Rhetor

[derrickdj1]

The is a Pioneer SC 1523 in the garage sale area for $700 with all the belles and whistles.  This is a great avr.

[Rick J B]

The is a Pioneer SC 1523 in the garage sale area for $700 with all the belles and whistles.  This is a great avr.

 

Yep, that looks like a nice buy to me.

[Gas0line]

I have the Pioneer Elite sc 71 and it kicks some butt. Class D amp,puts my rf 82s to work and huge HUGE dynamics! I have a sw 115 sub and it shakes my foundation, watching tron it made black pebbles from my shingles roll down and off the roof of my house.

[mustang guy]

Here is a link to the JBL's. http://www.jbl.com/images/media/L100_OM_EN.pdf

 

They are 50Watt speakers. If I were him, I would be looking at something like a Marantz 2270 or 2275. Very cool looking and big performers. Price is about right 

[mustang guy]

The Pioneer SX-950 is a great receiver too.

I like cool vintage stuff.  

Edited September 21, 2014 by mustang guy

[jason str]

My pick for under $800 would be the Outlaw RR2150.

 

Edit- Just saw surround duty for future, disregard the Outlaw unit.

Edited September 21, 2014 by jason str

[Bryant0086]

  The L100 speakers were home speaker derivatives of the JBL 4311 which is probably responsible for mixing more classic rock albums than any other speakers. The 4311 was the most popular studio monitor throughout the 1970's. They aren't "audiophile" quality speakers by many people's standards, but they certainly have a strong character.

  Having said all of that, a modern AV receiver with a phono input takes you into mid to high end stuff, unless you add a preamp ($75 or so) or buy an Onkyo. They seem to be the only mfg that offers budget line receivers with the phono input. TheTXNR636 is an example at about $500 or so. If he is going for higher end than something like that, I would carry my speakers there and ask to hook them up to the receiver before I bought it. Just my opinion.   

 

Bryant