Need a new 5.1 receiver

[wormraper]

ok, long and short. my Onkyo 605 that I bought about 9.5 years ago is starting to show signs of age. It's shutting off every once in a while and getting hotter than it normally does. I figure it's getting time to replace it and am not looking to blow the bank since this was just a budget receiver as it was and it's used for a bedroom setup. I don't need 7.1 capabilities for this type of room, so was looking at a simple 5.1 setup with around the same amount of power that the 605 had "per channel". any suggestions in the $200-$300 range (as that's about what I got the 605 for back in the day. It's just used for PS4 games, movie watching and basic TV. I have an SVS PB-10 hooked up to it + a 5.1 satellite system... nothing too wild.

I know my higher end stuff a LOT better than I do a budget bedroom receiver

[Pondosinatra]

No idea. Much like with TV's I think there's maybe two receiver makers anymore - ya, ya, Onkyo, Denon, Marantz, Pioneer etc. etc. they're all sourced from one or two companies.

It really doesn't matter.

[slimdude]

If you were satisfied with the performance with your current Onkyo, Best Buy have a Onkyo 5.1 receiver on sale for only $200.00 you might be interested in, with all the bells and whistles. It's going to be hard to find just a basic, brand new 5.1 receiver anymore without the fancy features, unless you buy an old, used 5.1 receiver on ebay. Based on what you're going to be using it for, I think it's a pretty good buy.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/onkyo-7...ustomerreviews

[aneed123]

no love for yamaha?

[Midnight Rambler]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

No idea. Much like with TV's I think there's maybe two receiver makers anymore - ya, ya, Onkyo, Denon, Marantz, Pioneer etc. etc. they're all sourced from one or two companies.

It really doesn't matter.

I don't think so. Yes, there's been some consolidation in audio, such as the Polk hookup with Denon & Marantz, etc., but not like with TV's.

Most high-end audio is independent. And Yamaha, for example, is still a strong independent offering low to mid-end product.

Originally Posted by aneed123

no love for yamaha?

See above. Plus I own an Aventage.

[wormraper]

well, looking at the Yamaha 5830 (costco's version of the 583) for $379.99, or maybe the Denon X2300... still deciding as my old receiver hasn't gone yet, just getting close

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by Midnight Rambler

I don't think so. Yes, there's been some consolidation in audio, such as the Polk hookup with Denon & Marantz, etc., but not like with TV's.

Most high-end audio is independent. And Yamaha, for example, is still a strong independent offering low to mid-end product.

See above. Plus I own an Aventage.

Onkyo bought Pioneer.

Samsung bought Harmon International, which already owned JBL, AKG, Harmon Kardon, Infinity, Lexicon, Mark Levinson, Revel, Crown, Martin, Studer, dbx, etc.

Onkyo had been owned by Gibson Guitar. 51% of Pioneer Home was sold to Baring Private Equity with Gibson keeping 21.5% of Onkyo, Pioneer keeping just under 15% and Otsukie Strategic Holdings holding 27.5%.

D&M Holdings, which owned Denon, Marantz, McIntosh and others was sold to Sound United last February, which also owns Polk and Definitive Technology, but McIntosh was sold to Fine Sounds in Milan.

JVC and Kenwood merged in 2008 and the U.S. subsidiaries merged in late 2014.

Bowers & Wilkins was sold to Eva Automation which also owns Rotel and Classe.

Back in 2011, it became known that Pioneer (before the Onkyo acquisition) and Denon AVR's below $1300 were designed and assembled by Inkel, the parent company of Sherwood. Onkyo AVR's below $1500 were designed by an independent Korean team which also did design for Harmon-Kardon. The Onkyo's were assembled in their own factories in Malaysia, but Harmon Kardon, NAD, Marantz and Teac were assembled in a Chinese factory. But these arrangements tend to change every year.

Even when receivers are not designed by the same companies or manufactured in the same plants, they frequently use pretty much the same components.

The AVR business has been a lousy business for a long time and it's getting worse as consumers move to those stupid little speakers than you can talk to. Sites like this one can make you think that "everyone" has a receiver or pre-pro, but it's not the case. It's really a niche market, especially at the higher end. That's why Pioneer got out. 6-channel receivers with all kinds of processing for $300 retail at the low end? How can anyone make money selling that?