Clouseau Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 New to the forum and I am asking help in consideration of new AV receiver. Just purchased RF 83s and am looking for something better than Onyko TX SR 701. Kinda of narrowed it down to Marantz SR 7500, Denon AVR 3806 or the Yamaha RX V2600. Leaning towards the Yamaha. Any help from the experts. Am keeping my 82 Heresys and am looking at them for surrounds. RF 83s, RC 62 (Couldn't work the RC 64 into my system and with wife), RS 35s surrounds, RSW 15, Onyko TX SR 701, RCA 61" HDTV, 6.1 system. PS. The RF 83s are dynamite right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 Well......you're doin a good thing gettin' rid of the Onkyo,imo.Just make sure you don't end up with something just as bad(from a sonic point of view).The Marantz or Denon would be my choice of the 3,there are others too.What's the max budget? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye_Nut Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 All three receivers are very comperable in quality, so you cant really go wrong with any of the above. Of the three, I give the edge to the Yammi because it's graphic user interface and user friendliness of it's menus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clouseau Posted May 16, 2006 Author Share Posted May 16, 2006 $1500 max. on the budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench722 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Yamaha That's is a no brainer. [H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 For $1500 forget these avrs,go to Outlaw and get the $1295 prepro/7ch amp combo.None of these mass mrkt avrs can compete for sound quality.If you want gizmos over sound the avrs mentioned would be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Ever think about McIntosh, or Sony ES, or go Fish's idea of Outlaw. I personally do not care for Onkyo, or Denon, but don't see how you could go wrong with Yamaha, Pioneer, Kenwood, any of the usual brands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 How come no one seems to be recommending Harman Kardon anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 I've got the Yammie 2400- couldn't be happier. I think I gave 9 bills for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clouseau Posted June 1, 2006 Author Share Posted June 1, 2006 Just an update. Bought the Yamaha RXV 2600 from Tweeters. Had all sorts of problems setting up from getting the GUI to come up to running the auto setup. Spent much time on the phone with Tweeters install guys. Finally decided had a defective AV receiver and swapped it out for a Denon AVR 3806 and it works great. Auto setup and on screen display (used s-video from receiver to input on TV since not using HDMI) came up and sound is great. Bought the receiver mainly upgrade for sound/speakers and I am running video direct from DirecTV sat. box to HD TV via DVI to avoid all of the HDMI/HDCP issues for now. Coax from sat. box to recevier for audio. DVD is component to TV with optical through receiver. Denon runs much cooler than Yamaha did. So far real happy with everything and will work on HDMI/upscaling issues in the future. Thanks to all for recommendations and comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maya Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 You can also try de Marantz SR 8500, its an awesome receiver and its THX certified. I had this receiver before I bought the SR9600. Both are really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcarlton Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 Enjoy the Denon. I have been enjoying mine since 1998. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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