BUYING A New AV Receiver? Let me help and so can you!!

[Norm Strong]

Just pick up a copy of the Nov issue of Consumer Reports. Turn to page 33 and read.

[nick4433]

"Just pick up a copy of the Nov issue of Consumer Reports. Turn to page 33 and read."

Great suggestion Norm, those CR reports are a great source for HT buying.

[kelsci]

Very nice post Nick. It was much simpler in the days of old when mono was bold and mono and stereo receivers in the late 50s and early 60s ran on tubes. It is not an easy chore today to choose a 5,6,or 7 channel receiver. Whatever one chooses, try to get a tryout period with a money back guarantee if you are not satisfied with your purchase whether it be the sonics or even possible defects. Try not to "overbuy" a unit, such as purchasing a Denon 5803 and hooking it up to five $25 el cheapo satellite speakers with features in the menu that you do not think you will ever understand and for that matter will never be used. And think, today you do not have to make a salary of an actor to have a hometheater in your home with such amazing discrete surround technology when an actor in the 60s had a home theater with a 16mm film projector and mono sound half the time that came from a built in speaker in the projector. It is the digital age that has brought us these goodies in conjunction with the various integrated circuits. If there was a Denon 5803 made on the basis of technology of the 60s, it would probably weigh hundreds of pounds and costs tens of thousands of dollars.