on 2012-01-26 20:23 Rick Womer wrote
I'm looking for something that will accept input from a turntable, CD player,
DVD player, and maybe a computer; has a decent FM tuner; will supply ~30-40
watts per channel through my 5 ohm EPI speakers; and will sound really good.
By really good, I mean making an orchestra, piano, mezzo-soprano, or organ
sound like an orchestra, piano, mezzo-soprano, or organ.
It's been so long since I researched this stuff that I don't even know where to
begin. Any suggestions?
first, i'm not a *phile, just *enjoyer; hope this helps
almost everything except the high-end these days has gone to surround sound and
dropped the phono inputs; since i listen to records fairly often, for a while
my solution was to buy used older receivers; i still have a Yamaha RX-1100 on
my computer, and a Yamaha RX-v595a on my upstairs TiVo; the latter was my
living room receiver for a while and both have driven Canton Karat 100s to my
satisfaction, no idea exactly how many watts, etc; both can switch analog video
as well as audio, and we use that feature since the upstairs TiVo is
analog-only (with a lifetime subscription, so we keep it alive via transplants
because it also reduces the monthly rate for our TiVo HD)
speaking of old-school i have a gorgeous minimalist Advent 300 receiver in the
garage that i feel should replace the RX-1100; it's strong enough to drive the
Cantons to desk listening levels, and i don't need video, and among other
things it has a very nice phono preamp
when we put a digital TV next to the turntable downstairs, change was
necessary; i bought a Marantz NR1501 as a somewhat minimal surround-sound
receiver that can handle everything i need; phono goes in through a cheapish
Rolls VP29 preamp, and the Marantz can switch just that input to plain stereo
and still do surround on the other channels; if you're like me and you go this
route you won't see the point of tossing your mains just to get a matched set
of surround speakers ... the nice thing about this receiver (and a fair number
of others, but mostly more expensive) is that it can listen to itself and
balance all the speakers for you; to me it is very much "good enough", and it
saves a tremendous amount of trial and error and guesswork, since i have an
asymmetrical situation and a very mixed speakers (low-end B&W mains, a modest
Polk center channel, Radio Shack Minimus-7s for surround, some little Klipsch
bookshelves for rear surround, plus an Infinity PS-10 sub)
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