what kind of reciever do you have?

[Jistic]

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Yamaha RX-V659

[ODogg]

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have they came out with receivers with HDMI inputs and outputs yet? That is what i'd like to get. also, does anyone know if THX is worth the extra money or not?

[aukevin]

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have they came out with receivers with HDMI inputs and outputs yet? That is what i'd like to get. also, does anyone know if THX is worth the extra money or not?

I don't really consider HDMI inputs really neccessary on a receiver, you only need them on a TV. It doesn't matter how good your receiver is or how good your cables are, you will have a better connection with a direct connection of you HDMI line between your TV and you HDMI device (DVD player or whatever). Then just run your sound through the receiver. Now I only have one HDMI device (my DVD player), but I guess these new next-gen consoles might use that as well, I don't have a 360 and don't know the connections for a PS3 or Wii. I guess eventually the case will be where you will have 2 or 3 HDMI devices like we have component ones now, and then I guess you will have to get some kind of help from the receiver. But if you only have one HDMI device, just do a direct connection to your TV.

[ehh]

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Denon AVR-2805

Lots of inputs, that's what I like.

That thing looks diesil man. How's the quality on it?

A receiver is another thing that's been on my "wait til you make a lil more money" list for a while now.

[ODogg]

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I don't really consider HDMI inputs really neccessary on a receiver, you only need them on a TV. It doesn't matter how good your receiver is or how good your cables are, you will have a better connection with a direct connection of you HDMI line between your TV and you HDMI device (DVD player or whatever). Then just run your sound through the receiver. Now I only have one HDMI device (my DVD player), but I guess these new next-gen consoles might use that as well, I don't have a 360 and don't know the connections for a PS3 or Wii. I guess eventually the case will be where you will have 2 or 3 HDMI devices like we have component ones now, and then I guess you will have to get some kind of help from the receiver. But if you only have one HDMI device, just do a direct connection to your TV.

Well yeah but it'd just be more convenient to do all your remote control switching from one remote not to mention having more HDMI's will help out down the road when everything goes to it. Right now I only have my Comcast box as HDMI but when I get the PS3 that will take one, my new tv will have 2 though.

As you said, if your receiver don't have it you can always get a switch box which is what i have now for my optical stuff because my receiver only has 2. A switch box works ok but then everytime you need to change inputs you gotta get up and do a manual switch. I know there are switch boxes with remote controls btw but I'd just like everything to run off of one device.

As for the loss of quality, i'm not sure how much quality is loss when using a receiver to switch things but i'd think if it's high quality it'd be virtually unnoticeable. Does anyone here use their receiver with component switching and if so, can you tell a difference in using it vs straight direct connect?

Also, anyone know the THX question, is it worth the extra ca$h?

[fishepa]

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I can't believe we have a thread about receivers and no one has mentioned Marantz. My Harmon Kardon 120 just went out on me yesterday and I'm watching an auction on ebay for a Marantz 6200. I love the warm sound of H/K, Nad, and Marantz.

[aukevin]

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That thing looks diesil man. How's the quality on it?

A receiver is another thing that's been on my "wait til you make a lil more money" list for a while now.

I love it. It handles all the switching between my different toys and the sound is nice. I had a guy calibrating my TV do a test on it to see what kind of loss I got when running things through it and he said it was very minimal (unnoticable) mentioned that I must have a nice receiver.

It costs a lot though, around $900, but I paid it off over a 6 month no interest with little pain. It should last me a good while. I've had it a year and half and I haven't even looked at other receivers, which is big for me, because this one handles everything for me.

[fishepa]

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I checked the number of inputs on the HK & they are nearly identical to mine..Why are the watts so low? 55 for all 7 speakers? Is it loud?

That is how H/K rates their watts. They rate them very conservative but I can guarantee it will get louder and cleaner than alot of 100x7.

[aukevin]

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As you said, if your receiver don't have it you can always get a switch box which is what i have now for my optical stuff because my receiver only has 2. A switch box works ok but then everytime you need to change inputs you gotta get up and do a manual switch. I know there are switch boxes with remote controls btw but I'd just like everything to run off of one device.

Also, anyone know the THX question, is it worth the extra ca$h?

Maybe I'm miss reading this, but you can still let the receiver do the audio switching for you even though you aren't using it for the video. For instance my receiver knows that when it is DVD time, to use Optical 2 but I have no video in that mode. But when I'm watching TV it knows it is component 1 for video and optical 1 for sound.

As for THX, I really don't know. I've only heard one set up them outside of a theater setting and it was impressive. But they spent a lot of money on the reciever as well as THX speakers. Had they spent that much money on speakers that weren't THX certified, it might have sounded the same.

[ODogg]

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I can't believe we have a thread about receivers and no one has mentioned Marantz. My Harmon Kardon 120 just went out on me yesterday and I'm watching an auction on ebay for a Marantz 6200. I love the warm sound of H/K, Nad, and Marantz.

I've never even heard of Marantz!

[ODogg]

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Maybe I'm miss reading this, but you can still let the receiver do the audio switching for you even though you aren't using it for the video. For instance my receiver knows that when it is DVD time, to use Optical 2 but I have no video in that mode. But when I'm watching TV it knows it is component 1 for video and optical 1 for sound.

What i mean is that if you have a receiver that switches video too then you just press one button on your receiver and your tv and sound both switch which is more convenient than having to adjust both your receiver sound to a different source and then go to your tv and cycle thru the inputs.

As for THX, I really don't know. I've only heard one set up them outside of a theater setting and it was impressive. But they spent a lot of money on the reciever as well as THX speakers. Had they spent that much money on speakers that weren't THX certified, it might have sounded the same.

THX is not a ton more, last time I checked about 4 months ago it was like $250-$300 more i think and maybe not even that now but I just wondered how much diff. it could make in your home in a smaller space.

[aukevin]

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What i mean is that if you have a receiver that switches video too then you just press one button on your receiver and your tv and sound both switch which is more convenient than having to adjust both your receiver sound to a different source and then go to your tv and cycle thru the inputs.

Yeah, I guess I just rely on my Harmony remote to handle changing video and audio settings with just one button. However you end up doing it, you will want to consider getting some kind of remote, it'll make everything much easier.

[ODogg]

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Yeah, I guess I just rely on my Harmony remote to handle changing video and audio settings with just one button. However you end up doing it, you will want to consider getting some kind of remote, it'll make everything much easier.

yeah that's my main gripe right now is to go from my comcast box to my 360 requires switching the switchbox manually for sound and then switching the tv input. Then adjusting the sound level and crap. It's lame I know.

[FISH]

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Yamaha RX-V730 Nothing to crazy but does the job. I like it.

[koolbubbaice]

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Well yeah but it'd just be more convenient to do all your remote control switching from one remote not to mention having more HDMI's will help out down the road when everything goes to it. Right now I only have my Comcast box as HDMI but when I get the PS3 that will take one, my new tv will have 2 though.

As you said, if your receiver don't have it you can always get a switch box which is what i have now for my optical stuff because my receiver only has 2. A switch box works ok but then everytime you need to change inputs you gotta get up and do a manual switch. I know there are switch boxes with remote controls btw but I'd just like everything to run off of one device.

As for the loss of quality, i'm not sure how much quality is loss when using a receiver to switch things but i'd think if it's high quality it'd be virtually unnoticeable. Does anyone here use their receiver with component switching and if so, can you tell a difference in using it vs straight direct connect?

Also, anyone know the THX question, is it worth the extra ca$h?

I presonally prefer the THX tag of excellence..My Reciver is THX 2 certfied which is the best the THX has to for small to meduim sized rooms..THX Ultra 2 is the highest for big rooms..I get 5 THX 2 programs for Movies, gaming, etc..& you can definatly tell the difference..But on the other hand..But many quality recivers aren't THX certified but still sound great.. www.thx.com is a good place to start..