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Best Receiver for $750-1000


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I bought a Denon 3802 for $899 a couple of months ago and it is a great receiver. Plenty of power and sound great!

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Denon AVR-3802

Tangent 5000 mains

Tangent 1000 rears

Tangent Center Theater

Sanyo DS31590 31" TV

Panasonic A120U DVD

Sony SLV-N71 Hi-Fi VCR

RCA Satellite System

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I'm getting ready to buy an Integra 7.2. I looked at the Denon 3802 myself, but decided on the Integra. Nothing stood out, but (in my humble opinion) the Integra is slightly better quality.

Just my $0.02...

Have fun looking

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Current HT Setup:

RF-3's front

RC-3 center

RS-3's surround

M&K V-1250 sub

Mitsubishi 50"

Pioneer C-503 dvd-player

Sony DB STR-935 receiver

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Agreed on the Marantz "200 series", Denon, and Onkyo(Integra). There is one Dealer here for Denon(who never has stock), several Marantz and Onkyo Dealers.

Sorry, but avoid Pioneer...IMO...I had an old Pioneer VSX9900S A\V Receiver(little brother to the VSX-D1S)

back in 93, and the Elite back then was a work horse!

Now, just as bad as the Sony ES series....lets just carry on the name brand so to speak. The build quality is "gone".

To add, I have seen "3" Pioneer Elites traded in(yes he takes trades for some strange reason as a small independent dealer)for Marantz.

As for Yamaha, the girlfriend has one, nice with Paradigms, but I pass, seems to be the bike name, if it isn't a HD............

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How about a Yamaha rx-v1000. I just recently purchased it from my dealer for 640.00 plus tax. GREAT RECEIVER FOR THAT PRICE.

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Home Theater:

Yamaha RX-V1000

Klipsch RF-3's

Klipsch KSC-C1(LOOKING FOR A RC-3 OR RC-3II)

Klipsch Subwoofer KSW-12

Television: TOSHIBA THEATER VIEW 50"

DVD Player SONY S-360

CD Changer CDC 509 5 Disc Yamaha comming soon.

monster cable interconnects/12 gauge speaker wire

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yea, but for a little more cash he can get alot better features, dsp's and power. I am not saying the outlaw is a bad receiver, but aren't they a pretty new company.

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Home Theater:

Yamaha RX-V1000

Klipsch RF-3's

Klipsch KSC-C1(LOOKING FOR A RC-3 OR RC-3II)

Klipsch Subwoofer KSW-12

Television: TOSHIBA THEATER VIEW 50"

DVD Player SONY S-360

CD Changer CDC 509 5 Disc Yamaha comming soon.

monster cable interconnects/12 gauge speaker wire

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I have two home theaters. In one theater I have the onkyo 595. nice receiver. However, my other theater, my favorite is a Denon 3802.

Onkyo 595

Onkyo 353 DVD

Onkyo 6 CD CD player

Klipsch Quintet Sat

Klipsch Sub

Sony 32" TV

Denon 3802

polk RM 6600 Sat (center, surrond and back)7.1 susyem

polk 600I fronts

polk psw350 sub

Sony DVD and VCR

Sony 32" Wega TV

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Hey Boomer, what are you basing your opinion of the Pioneer Elite on? I hardly think that a receiver from '93 is more of a "Workhorse" than a current one. I don't know the Marantz, so I can't comment on which is better, but Denon in this price range is weak, and I don't think you can buy an Integra in this price range, just a Circuit City level Onkyo.

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Denon, Yamaha, Outlaw, Inegra, Pioneer Elite, ect... are all good HT Units. I think they will all be worth the money. Some of us like one over the other but again, I think all of them are worth the price.

I have a Denon 3300 and I just love it.

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I also recommend the Outlaw 1050, and I own a Denon! Nothing against Denon, I love my 2800, but the Outlaw is a steal at $499.

www.outlawaudio.com

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Denon AVR-2800

KG-4 mains (too bad the rest of my speakers aren't this good)

Polk C-175 center (it's ok)

Infinity RS-10 Surrounds (suck)

Audiosource SW-15 subwoofer (excellent sub for it's price)

Pioneer DV333 DVD

Sony 5 disc CD player

All in a 12x12 apartment bedroom.

"What?! I can't hear you!"

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Sorry for the late reply, but for Todd, I base it on ownership, I could look into the top of the units grills, and see capacitors, transformers, where size "does" matter(Marantz is alive, oh yes). Check out the Marantz 7200\8200\9200 at 4500K CDN) to the Marantz SR19EX, which would you go with...to me the Reference Series wins hands down...diecast, build quality Smile.gif

PS. Like I said, IMO, Marantz, Denon, Onkyo go with Klipsch, your "Elites and ES's" are BS's....IMO Smile.gif

This message has been edited by boomer9911 on 01-13-2002 at 02:51 AM

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