pioneer vsx1014txk vs yamaha rxv650, which do I buy?

[mr. budget]

I saw the 650 for $500 cdn at future shop but it was too late I missed the yam by a day. I guess it's good knoledge as to how low they can go pricewise. Anyways, seeing as how there'e enough power there I'm definately going to get it for a good price, just a bit of time now and I'll end this quest for the yam. later, thanks for replies, it tells me this yam is a good unit and more than adept to do what I need it to.

[kexodusc]

Mr. Budget....arrghhh...I hate doing this, and I wasn't going to, but I got guilted into it...if you're so interested, I can mediate a deal between you and my brother on a perfect shape, 1 year old HTR-5760, we live in NB, Canada now so your shipping would be cheap, less than what you saw at Future Shop, and no taxes to boot. He wants my RX-V1400. PM me if you're interested....

Sorry for the shill...I told him I would

(I'm going to crawl under my rock now)

(he owes me a beer for this).



...(I feel so dirty)

[LEAFS264]

My man, listen and listen good. When ever you see somthing on sale at future shop. That price is always going to made available to you. You just have to push for the sale price. Just because their ADVERTISED price ends on such and such a day doesn't mean that they won't give it to you later down the road for the same price.....trust me. Tell him the guy at 2001 audio video is going to sell it to you for 499.00 and he'll be happy to sell it to you for that price. These guys at Future Shop are all on Commission and would love to sell it as high as possible. But they still would rather sell it at a discounted rate than to see you walk down the road to someone else.


Jay

[mr. budget]

Kex, thanks a lot for the offer but I'm just going to run out and get one of em on full warranty and **** just so if I blow that **** up I could take it back easier, hey if you were my neibour and the unit worked I'd say sure. Thanks though maybe some future reference is good. I'm under that same rock, I fing hate it, so I drink beer and entertain the town, or at least lately that's my trend to stay bent as much as I can, actually my mom was born in nb st.andrews. I like your style Kex, and thanks for replies it helps. I order everybody to have a beer(S) and crank music or good movies!!! Mr. Leafs thanks for your recommendation it's always better to have money for beer and honeys than to give it to the store owner for his stock market bs. later.

[kexodusc]

St. Andrews...I've been there...nice town...too many f'n tourists though.

I wouldn't trust my brother either, so good for you...(I know he's reading this)...
Just curious, if you're lookin for something you can crank the bejeezus out of why by a new unit? I'd be getting an older Yamaha or Harman Kardon or something, 2 or 3 years old, still has everything you need, less than $250...so no big loss if you do destroy it. Denon or Onkyo too...they're pretty tough, though for loud music, lots of power, and reliablility, Yamaha and H/K would be my first 2 choices.
If you look on ebay, there's been a Canadian company selling them brand for around $400 plus shipping (doubtful if there's warranty though)...what speakers are you driving with this thing? If you don't have 5 speakers, or don't care about home theater, you can buy a much better piece of gear for good ol' 2-channel stereo...

[mr. budget]

Kex, I don't know why they edited my last message and I just tried to fix it. I have 4 cerwin vega 12in' 3 ways, the vega v5c ctr and 2 wharfdale 8in' 2ways. I used to use them loud, I keep it down now, or reasonable. Anyways,I just made a deal over the phone and went and got the yam htr 5760 for a good price. But the ht is excellent, I'm going from an old sony strd 590 without even a ctr channel to the yamaha with stuff like dts, pl2 etc, so the difference is much. I know you guys have some stuff that coul acitize this thing but for the money this thing is adept like I don't have so much money and even worse no car and no brain, I'm lost, but I do have a mid fi rcvr! Kex I've kind of wanted a 2 channel that could really kick but I'm not even allowed to play it loud anymore so for now this thing will do, and I didn't realize the movies could be so much better with 5 or 9 or 40 speakers and a lot of cinema modes and adjusting capabilities. thanks.

[kexodusc]

No shame in your purchase, the HTR-5760/RX-V650 was my nominee for "best-value" receiver...It does a helluva job.
Just be careful with the volume, especially as you run a more than 2 speakers.
If you want to beef up your system a bit, the great thing about the Yamaha is it has pre-outs so you can connect external power amps if you want...Adcom, NAD, Rotel, etc...helps having a bit more power, takes some of the strain of the receiver, and makes everything sound a bit better. Tons of good used stuff on ebay and audiogon.
Enjoy your receiver.

[mr. budget]

A couple days I've had this and when I first got it it seemed like I was going to have to learn to fly a fighter jet, but it just seemed that way, now it's almost simple to use, just like math I don't understand seemed so headachish at first but after learned I wonder why it seemed so complex. Just an hour or so on the manual and it cleared up the confusion of looking on the control panel wondering what those things were and how to get them off the screen and pressing buttons not understanding what they were doing or why they weren't doing anything, or trying to set things up you need to have the on screen display on without using the on screen display, etc. Now a few cables, a couple spkr stands, some movies, and I'm okay.