Quote Originally Posted by winston
hi pix, that's a nice little budget rig! "I don't know if you knew this,
but you could have saved your buddy at leased $50 bucks after shipping "if you had gotten a factory refurbish from A4less

www.accessories4less.com next time surf over there and check them out and save on anything Onkyo,
EVER heard the expression "penny wise and pound foolish"?
My friend got a 500$ list receiver for 250 bucks, BRAND NEW. Do you really think
that its worth 50 bucks to risk refurb? Really? With Auddessy, HDMI switching,
the new codecs, 7.1 channels+ high channels, etc? NOT TO MENTION
adequate sound for a receiver in this price range. My friend is not squeamish about
refurb(although I am), having had several refurb units in the past, but this wasn't a case of shopping around, just seeing a steal and going for it. HARD to beat this deal, so why not go for it? Connected to his Klipsch speakers, its a pretty nice system. And try to find a BLU player for 65 $, especially a name brand like LG.