jay p
looking to buy a used home theater receiver and i already have all 5.1 speakers from my old panasonic home theater which the receiver broke. anyways looking to buy a used $80 yamaha, sony, denon, or onyx receiver without a built in dvd player and is almost a decade old or should i buy a brand new $100 colby home theater built in dvd player that already comes with speakers from walmart. dont forget i already have the 5.1 speakers. thanks
grumpy what kind of answer is that? are you a 40 yr old virgin?
Answer
Bad idea.
Those speakers WILL BURN OUT YOUR RECEIVER.
Did that "old panasonic" system come with a single skinny receiver + DVD player in one box? These are probably ultra-cheap plastic speakers that are NOT designed to work with any other equipment.
Many times these speakers are 3-4 ohms which are used to advertise over-inflated power numbers. These low-ohm speakers are getting close to a direct short. Hooking a nice $1,000 receiver to these pieces-of-crap will over-heat the circuits and ruin your receiver (or at least greatly reduce the life-span).
If you dont believe me - at least do this: Hit your local CraigsList and find an older -but name brand- AV receiver from Yamaha, Dennon, Onkyo or Sony,.
This way when you destroy it, you will only be out $100-$200 instead of more.
Bad idea.
Those speakers WILL BURN OUT YOUR RECEIVER.
Did that "old panasonic" system come with a single skinny receiver + DVD player in one box? These are probably ultra-cheap plastic speakers that are NOT designed to work with any other equipment.
Many times these speakers are 3-4 ohms which are used to advertise over-inflated power numbers. These low-ohm speakers are getting close to a direct short. Hooking a nice $1,000 receiver to these pieces-of-crap will over-heat the circuits and ruin your receiver (or at least greatly reduce the life-span).
If you dont believe me - at least do this: Hit your local CraigsList and find an older -but name brand- AV receiver from Yamaha, Dennon, Onkyo or Sony,.
This way when you destroy it, you will only be out $100-$200 instead of more.
Home audio system confusion?
TheWhisker
I want to set a home audio system in our living room, but I don't have the slightest idea which components I need. What's the advantage of getting an AV receiver that isn't integrated with a bluray player like the Sony BDV N8100W. If I get them seperate, I am afraid it will be too expensive. Let's say my budget is around 1500 USD. Does anyone of you have some recommendations for me?
Answer
- Home theaters in a box is a disc player (Blu-ray or DVD) that is the amplifier and it comes with passive speakers that connect to the disc player. = Garbage.
- HTIB are garbage because because all the components are low quality and likely to break, that's why it's cheap. If the disc player breaks, you also have to through out the speakers in the garbage too because the speakers will not work with other disc players. If the speakers break, you also have to through out the disc player in the garbage too because the disc player will not work with other speakers.
- HTIB are garbage because it will only have 1 hdmi output and will likely no hdmi inputs (no hdmi inputs means you cannot get hd audio from other devices, you can only get hd audio from a Blu-ray disc put into the player). It may have at least one s/pdif optical input and/or one s/pdif coaxial input and/or red/white input (s/pdif can do lossy surround sound or uncompressed stereo. red/white cannot do surround sound but it can do uncompressed stereo). OR It's likely it may have no audio inputs and it's very likely it will have no video inputs.
- HTIB are garbage because it will have very few or no additional features.
- Some examples of good low end surround sound speaker brands that I recommend are: Polk Audio, Energy, Monoprice, Klipsch, JBL, M&K.ect
- Example of good low end surround sound speakers = Polk Audio Blackstone TL Series TL1600 or TL1900 or TL2600 or TL350; Energy Take Classic or Energy RC Micro; MonoPrice 9774; Klipsch HD Theater series 300 or 500 or 600 or 1000; M&K Movie; JBL SCS 145.2 or JBL CS480.
- Good low end surround sound speakers will cost somewhere around $300-$900 (crappy low end speakers will cost less than $200 and that's when it's not on sale) and mid end surround sound speakers will cost somewhere around $1,000 and high end surround sound speakers will cost more than $1,000.
- Note: Klipsch sued Monoprice for copy infringement. Monoprice's 9774 5.1 speakers (they don't have it anymore) copied Klipsch's Energy Take Classic 5.1 speakers. (Monoprice 9774 would have cost about $248-$278 and Energy Take Classic for $399). (I saw the Energy Take Classic 5.1 speakers on sale at crutchfield for $200, but they are not on sale anymore atm).
- Some good high end receiver brands that I recommend are: Onkyo, Pioneer, Denon, and Yamaha.
- Good low end receivers will cost around $300-$900 (crappy receivers or stereo receivers might cost less than $200 and that's when it's not on sale) and high end receivers will cost more than $1,000.
= I recommend a new low end 7.1/7.2 system, but you have to find one on sale yourself tho. (If your on a budget then just get a low end 5.1/5.2 receiver, a high end 5.1/5.2 receiver is not worth the extra money and you would be better off getting a low end 7.1/7.2 receiver, high end 7.1/7.2 or 9.1/9.2 or 11.1/11.2 .ect receiver is only ok if your rich or if it's on a massive sale).
Some examples of good 5.1 or 5.2 channel audio/video receivers. (Overall=low end).
- Low end = Onkyo TX-SR313 or HT-RC430; Pioneer VSX-523-K; Yamaha RX-V375; Denon AVR-1312 or AVR-1513 or AVR-E200 or AVR-E300.
- High end = Onkyo TX-NR414; Pioneer VSX-823-K; Yamaha RX-V475; Denon AVR-1613 or Denon AVR-1713.
Some examples good 7.1 or 7.2 channel audio/video receivers. (Overall=high end).
- Low end = Onkyo HT-RC460 or TX-NR525 or TX-NR626 or TX-NR727; Pioneer VSX-1023-K or VSX-1123-K or VSX-43/73; Denon AVR-1913 or AVR-E400 or AVR-2113CI; Yamaha RX-V575 or RX-V675 or RX-V775WA.
- High end = Onkyo TX-NR818 or TX-NR1010 or TX-NR3010 or TX-NR5010; Pionerr Elite series SC-61 to 68; Denon AVR-2313CI or AVR-3313CI or AVR-4520CI.
- Home theaters in a box is a disc player (Blu-ray or DVD) that is the amplifier and it comes with passive speakers that connect to the disc player. = Garbage.
- HTIB are garbage because because all the components are low quality and likely to break, that's why it's cheap. If the disc player breaks, you also have to through out the speakers in the garbage too because the speakers will not work with other disc players. If the speakers break, you also have to through out the disc player in the garbage too because the disc player will not work with other speakers.
- HTIB are garbage because it will only have 1 hdmi output and will likely no hdmi inputs (no hdmi inputs means you cannot get hd audio from other devices, you can only get hd audio from a Blu-ray disc put into the player). It may have at least one s/pdif optical input and/or one s/pdif coaxial input and/or red/white input (s/pdif can do lossy surround sound or uncompressed stereo. red/white cannot do surround sound but it can do uncompressed stereo). OR It's likely it may have no audio inputs and it's very likely it will have no video inputs.
- HTIB are garbage because it will have very few or no additional features.
- Some examples of good low end surround sound speaker brands that I recommend are: Polk Audio, Energy, Monoprice, Klipsch, JBL, M&K.ect
- Example of good low end surround sound speakers = Polk Audio Blackstone TL Series TL1600 or TL1900 or TL2600 or TL350; Energy Take Classic or Energy RC Micro; MonoPrice 9774; Klipsch HD Theater series 300 or 500 or 600 or 1000; M&K Movie; JBL SCS 145.2 or JBL CS480.
- Good low end surround sound speakers will cost somewhere around $300-$900 (crappy low end speakers will cost less than $200 and that's when it's not on sale) and mid end surround sound speakers will cost somewhere around $1,000 and high end surround sound speakers will cost more than $1,000.
- Note: Klipsch sued Monoprice for copy infringement. Monoprice's 9774 5.1 speakers (they don't have it anymore) copied Klipsch's Energy Take Classic 5.1 speakers. (Monoprice 9774 would have cost about $248-$278 and Energy Take Classic for $399). (I saw the Energy Take Classic 5.1 speakers on sale at crutchfield for $200, but they are not on sale anymore atm).
- Some good high end receiver brands that I recommend are: Onkyo, Pioneer, Denon, and Yamaha.
- Good low end receivers will cost around $300-$900 (crappy receivers or stereo receivers might cost less than $200 and that's when it's not on sale) and high end receivers will cost more than $1,000.
= I recommend a new low end 7.1/7.2 system, but you have to find one on sale yourself tho. (If your on a budget then just get a low end 5.1/5.2 receiver, a high end 5.1/5.2 receiver is not worth the extra money and you would be better off getting a low end 7.1/7.2 receiver, high end 7.1/7.2 or 9.1/9.2 or 11.1/11.2 .ect receiver is only ok if your rich or if it's on a massive sale).
Some examples of good 5.1 or 5.2 channel audio/video receivers. (Overall=low end).
- Low end = Onkyo TX-SR313 or HT-RC430; Pioneer VSX-523-K; Yamaha RX-V375; Denon AVR-1312 or AVR-1513 or AVR-E200 or AVR-E300.
- High end = Onkyo TX-NR414; Pioneer VSX-823-K; Yamaha RX-V475; Denon AVR-1613 or Denon AVR-1713.
Some examples good 7.1 or 7.2 channel audio/video receivers. (Overall=high end).
- Low end = Onkyo HT-RC460 or TX-NR525 or TX-NR626 or TX-NR727; Pioneer VSX-1023-K or VSX-1123-K or VSX-43/73; Denon AVR-1913 or AVR-E400 or AVR-2113CI; Yamaha RX-V575 or RX-V675 or RX-V775WA.
- High end = Onkyo TX-NR818 or TX-NR1010 or TX-NR3010 or TX-NR5010; Pionerr Elite series SC-61 to 68; Denon AVR-2313CI or AVR-3313CI or AVR-4520CI.
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