endover Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Sorry bout your bad experience with your HK7200 Fish(I read your threads a while back whilst looking for my new receiver) but I took the risk and now have nothing but great things to say about mine for music and HT so that's my recommendation..... I'll bet you can pick one up in the $700 range now(maybe even cheaper). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottscay Posted January 26, 2005 Author Share Posted January 26, 2005 I'm starting to feel pretty good about the Marantz SR7500...Can I assume it's at least as good at music as the SR7400? I assume the THX certification hasn't hurt it any, although it's not that important o me (the extra power per channel is nice). Thanks! Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelman Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Try a Harman Kardon avr65 (older). Arcam (newer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxman Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Rotel. They offer future upgradability, 5 year warranty, fantastic quality and excellent sound. $1200.00 would be more than enough to enter into their AVR and I doubt you'd ever regret it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF7RULE Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 WHAT ARE YOU USING FOR SPEAKER CABLE THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE?I USE MONSTER CABLE Z1 ON ALL 6 SPEAKERS AND Z SERIES IS TIME CORRECTED SO KLIPSCH DO NOT SOUND HARSH AS SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK.AS FOR A RECEIVER I USE YAMAHA AND KLIPSH SOUNDS AWESOME BUT PIONEER ELITE IS A VERY GOOD COMBO YAMAHA RXV3300 5 RF7 SPEAKER (FRONT,REAR,AND REAR CENTER 1 RC7 SPEAKER (CENTER) MONSTER CABLE Z SERIES SPEAKER CABLE MONSTER CABLE THX OPTICAL,VIDEO,AND AUDIO CABLES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 ---------------- On 1/27/2005 12:17:27 AM RF7RULE wrote: WHAT ARE YOU USING FOR SPEAKER CABLE THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE?I USE MONSTER CABLE Z1 ON ALL 6 SPEAKERS AND Z SERIES IS TIME CORRECTED SO KLIPSCH DO NOT SOUND HARSH AS SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK.AS FOR A RECEIVER I USE YAMAHA AND KLIPSH SOUNDS AWESOME BUT PIONEER ELITE IS A VERY GOOD COMBO YAMAHA RXV3300 5 RF7 SPEAKER (FRONT,REAR,AND REAR CENTER 1 RC7 SPEAKER (CENTER) MONSTER CABLE Z SERIES SPEAKER CABLE MONSTER CABLE THX OPTICAL,VIDEO,AND AUDIO CABLES ---------------- alright alright we get it, spare me the cap locks!!! j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottscay Posted January 27, 2005 Author Share Posted January 27, 2005 I'm using Monster Z1 cables on the mains and center channel. I'll update the sats when I move, but they don't play a huge role in listening to music anyways. I'm not using Monster for the optical or hdmi connection, because they are digital and are not as suceptible to quality control issues (the beauty of digital is that if a byte gets through, it sounds just as good, even if it was weaker because of interference). So, it seems to be between the Marantz SR7500 and the Rotel RSX 1056. The 1056 is a bit more expensive (street for the 7500 is like $900 with shipping), and I like the options and remote on the 7500, but I'm still hearing good things about Rotel sound. This is frustrating; I wish I lived in a real city where I could go demo them with similar speakers to my own...! Thanks for all the help, and if anyone has any more feelings on the 7500 vs. the 1056, let fly. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divin11112000 Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 I think that I'm in a similar boat your in. I've been considering a NAD773, Marantz 7500, or Rotel 1056. Unfortunately the dealer that sells my Klipsch speakers carries only Rotel, and the one that carries NAD is about 2hr drive and I've only been there once. Not sure how they will feel about me taking a marantz and Nad for a test drive espically since I don't go there often and probably would only be buying the one piece from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennG Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 The Rotel 1056 has no headphone plug. It is a pretty nice machine, but, If I were going to spend that much money on a receiver, why should I have to spend extra for an adapter for the receiver just so I could use headphones with it. I almost bought the 1056 myself until I checked out the SR7500 which has as good a sound as the Rotel 1056 plus it has a headphone plug and the sound through the headphones is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puffwar Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 The Marantz 8400 is better than the 7500. You can find it for @$950. I have one and love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer9911 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Marantz...Denon is my 2nd choice, using a Marantz Reference SR18EX myself. Musically I found them to cover the highs, mids, and lows better than any other A\V Receiver, but if you go seperates, wide range to choose from IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowtester Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 I have a Marantz 8500 with RB-35's in the front and RC-35 center and RS-35's on the sides and it sounds great both music and movies. Plenty of power and loads of features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PYRO Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 When I was building my system and before I decided on separates. My choices were B & K AVR-305, 307 or a Sunfire. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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