Quote Originally Posted by Rock789
Thanks for the info, I have been bouncing between several different receivers..
Pioneer Elite VSX-54TX
Denon AVR-2805
NAD T743
Integra DTR-5.5

I do like the NAD, but the main purpose for my receiver will be ht, with some music, and if I goto a T753 (for 6 channels), that takes the price up about $300 from the rest of the receivers I have been looking at... perhaps I shall look into the T753 a bit more tonight.
I do believe all 4 of these units listed above do have outputs for external amps.

Thanks again for the info,
Mike
Hi Mike,
I would check out Saturdayaudio.com and email or call them for prices on the T753. It may not be $300 more than the others. I can't really comment on the receivers. Probably all good. My dealer used to carry the Integra line but had too many failures - something with their power supply regulators were not designed right, and then had too many returned to them. I have an Onkyo receiver too, and it has served me well over the years. I never thought it went that loud though, not that I really needed it to, but in a large room it would have been overmatched.

I think the Denon is OK, but amp wise the NAD has it beat sonically. More bells and whistles though, if that is what your after. I've never been a Pioneer fan, but lately they have been getting some good press from owners.

I set up my NAD this weekend, and I am very please. I haven't done much critical listening yet, but so far, it sounds great, works great, feels good, and is easy to figure out. I even like the remote, and have programmed it to everything my other remotes can do. I even programmed the macros so other people in my house can figure out how to turn on and off the system. I highly recommend it, and I believe the 753 has more options for HT which would be right up your alley.