receiver recommendations $3-400.

[dand]

Looking to purchase a new AV receiver for between $300-400.Must have HDMI input-outputs, and pass through,etc,.Hoping for recommendations from prior your prior experiences.Thanks for the advice.Will only be driving 2 Klipsch RB-81's at first but will be adding a center soon.

DanD

[callas01]

Originally Posted by dand

Looking to purchase a new AV receiver for between $300-400.Must have HDMI input-outputs, and pass through,etc,.Hoping for recommendations from prior your prior experiences.Thanks for the advice.Will only be driving 2 Klipsch RB-81's at first but will be adding a center soon.

DanD

Here were the recommendations I put in another thread earlier this week.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...04&postcount=6

[dand]

Thanks for the advice.I like Yamaha's and own a couple already,including one RX-V465,but have a problem with its HDMI pass through changing my FIOS STB video rez from 1080i to 720 whenever I turn off the STB.I haven't been able to get this to stop happening.I see the RX-V665 yammy on sale online for $320. and up,I may try this one next.Thanks again.

DanD

[callas01]

Personally I prefer the 720p over 1080i, I would rather have the progressive picture then the interlaced. I don't know anything about FIOS though.

On another note, you have both Klipsch bookshelfs and Energy Bookshelfs... do you prefer one of the other?.. and where do you watch TV more... the Den or the Living room?

I know they are completely different sounding speakers so just wondering if you have a preference.

[dand]

I spend more time in the Den.Its a small room,so I don't have room for alot of speaker.Just let me say the Energy C-100's are truly large speakers despite their small size.Excellent sound.I've had them for 9 months so they are probably just finished breaking in but I'm very impressed with them.I will be adding the matching center as soon as I can.
The Klipsch's on the other hand,I've had for about 1 month,and are at least twice the size and cost me 5 times what I paid for the Energy's.I got the C-100s for $99.a pair and the RB-81's for about $600.,both from Vann's.
Klipsch's are in a much larger room and definitely fill it with wonderful sound.I need more time with these for sure.
Whew,,,I'm very happy with both and really can't choose one over the other,I love both sets.Very impressed with the Energy's and got just what I expected with the Klipsch's so far=great sounding speakers.
BTW, I just ordered the Yamaha RX-V665 so I'm waiting...
Sorry for being long winded and thanks again for your input..

DanD

[HiDefRev]

NO !!!!!!! You DO NOT want HDMI passthrough. You want HDMI SWITCHING !!!!!! Passthrough means that the HDMI does NOT carry the audio, and you must use a separate digital audio cable with it, which severly limits which audio formats you can use.
OK, I see you ordered the Yammy 665. You should be fine with that, but for anyone else considering a new receiver, you want HDMI SWITCHING !!!!

[Fors*]

Some receivers mislead you with their specs, as I know a few, Sony's lower models in particular comes to mind, that their receivers will say "passthrough" when in fact they do process the audio and simply "pass through" the video.....so the term can be very misleading.........

[callas01]

Originally Posted by dand

I spend more time in the Den.Its a small room,so I don't have room for alot of speaker.Just let me say the Energy C-100's are truly large speakers despite their small size.Excellent sound.I've had them for 9 months so they are probably just finished breaking in but I'm very impressed with them.I will be adding the matching center as soon as I can.
The Klipsch's on the other hand,I've had for about 1 month,and are at least twice the size and cost me 5 times what I paid for the Energy's.I got the C-100s for $99.a pair and the RB-81's for about $600.,both from Vann's.
Klipsch's are in a much larger room and definitely fill it with wonderful sound.I need more time with these for sure.
Whew,,,I'm very happy with both and really can't choose one over the other,I love both sets.Very impressed with the Energy's and got just what I expected with the Klipsch's so far=great sounding speakers.
BTW, I just ordered the Yamaha RX-V665 so I'm waiting...
Sorry for being long winded and thanks again for your input..

DanD

I have the C-100s too and use them as surrounds with my Energy towers. I like them, I have hooked them up as fronts and they sounded very good. I got mine at vanns too... same price.

Congrats on the new yammy....

[callas01]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

Some receivers mislead you with their specs, as I know a few, Sony's lower models in particular comes to mind, that their receivers will say "passthrough" when in fact they do process the audio and simply "pass through" the video.....so the term can be very misleading.........

exactly, I was just about to say the same thing...

[GORT]

I just orderd an Onkyo 607 and it will be here saturday. I cant wait to hear the HD sound.

[callas01]

Originally Posted by GORT

I just orderd an Onkyo 607 and it will be here saturday. I cant wait to hear the HD sound.

congrats...

what speakers are you using?

[dand]

Grats on the Onkyo.Two of the Yammys I own,the RX-v465 and 665 process the audio while in HDMI passthrough.I guess thats just the term they use for this process.


DanD

[callas01]

Originally Posted by dand

Grats on the Onkyo.Two of the Yammys I own,the RX-v465 and 665 process the audio while in HDMI passthrough.I guedd thats just the term they use for this process.


DanD

each mfg can use the terms differently, there is video passthru and audio passthru, audio is the one to watch out for because that means the audio will need to be passed to the TV or you will have to use a different cable to process audio in the receiver.

all HDMI v1.3a receivers will handle audio internally, HDMI v1.1 will also need to state LCPM via HDMI to know that you are OK with getting audio through HDMI connection... however Sonys older 710 used to say passthrough and it still processed the audio, just PCM was 2 channel and bitstream audio came through as Dolby Digital and DTS lossy...

[arrt vandelay]

the yamaha x65 definition of "passthrough" is that you can pass an hdmi signal w/ audio/video to your display without having to power your receiver on. so for instance, if you just want to watch the news, you can do so w/o having to power on the receiver, and you'd be using your tv speakers for sound. basically, it turns the receiver into an hdmi switch. it can come in handy when the significant other just wants to watch her HGTV without surround...

[dand]

you can do so w/o having to power on the receiver, and you'd be using your tv speakers for sound. basically, it turns the receiver into an hdmi switch. it can come in handy when the significant other just wants to watch her HGTV without surround...

This is very true.

DanD

[dand]

Still waiting for my Yammy 665 to arrive......will have a R-V902 for sale very soon I hope if anyone is interested.

DanD

[jerwin]

Originally Posted by callas01

exactly, I was just about to say the same thing...

The manufacturers should have figured out a logo and standard terminology. Of course, this might well have dampened sales of the least impressive models. At least with "dts-Master Audio," there's an impressive logo, even if bit streaming is overrated.