Best receiver for under $500?

[Thomsoad]

Cant go any higher than that amount!

[nick4433]

Check out as many "Closeouts" as possible.

[hershon]

You can get the receiver I have JVC-RX DV31SL which use to retail for $450 for about $175 sealed (unopened) on Ebay- you might need to wait a week or 2 but it regularly appears, possibly as a "buy it now". You can also get this for $240 plus shipping via an Amazon.com merchant or other online places check epinions.com To me it gives great sound (you do need decent speakers & a good sub to achieve that though) both for rock/blues CD's and dvd's and has a built in progressive scan dvd player which I like & alot of people on this board are against. It gives 5.1 dolby pro logic2 surround sound as well as DTS. The 5 satellite speakers and sub I have, you can get for about $9oo from orbaudio.com Good luck

[NickWH]

http://www.harmanaudio.com

[Eric Z]

Yamaha 5760/650- great entry level receiver that has YPAO feature! Got mine for $325 as a floor model. Heard you should be able to get it around $375-$425.

[This Guy]

check out Yamaha, Marantz, Denon and Harman Kardon. Hershon is right, I do not reccomend his receiver and you can understand why if you do a search on it.

[Debbi]

Pre-outs, YPAO and everything you are likely to need in a quality package for 450-500 if you look a bit....especially with new models coming out.....

[Lord_Magnepan]

Forget Japan stuff.

I had a Denon AVC, Onkyo 939 etc...and the best receiver is the Cambridge Audio Azur 540R. (2k and below) Period.

:-)

[RoyY51]

IF you can live without DTS, ProLogic II, and all the formats that have come out in the last 5 years, I would suggest that you search E-Bay for a Marantz SR-780. It's an absolute powerhouse on music and does a first-rate job decoding Dolby Digital 5.1 movies. It blows away my NAD T762 (1200.00) receiver on music playback, and can usually be found on E-Bay for under 300.00. The unit normally comes with the RC2000mkII programmable remote, the so-called "Remote of the Gods", which used to sell for 200.00 by itself. If music is a priority, and bells and whistles are low on your list of priorities, you might want to give this a shot!

[Lord Nikon]

I went with the Yamaha HTR5760 also. If you don't need a whole lot of features but want crisp sound and power this is the way to go.

[Lord_Magnepan]

I would definetly urge you to try the new Cambridge Audio Azur 540R.