Receiver w/ budget of $500 - $1K

[teemacone]

Get the best Pioneer Elite model you can with your budget. The most well rounded and pure sounding receivers out there. Denon and Yamaha are quite good, too.

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by teemacone

Get the best Pioneer Elite model you can with your budget. The most well rounded and pure sounding receivers out there. Denon and Yamaha are quite good, too.

This is good advice too. I personally would look at the best Pioneer Elite I could get ahold of and compare that with separates from Emotiva, Outlaw, and Rotel. I think Rotel's going to quickly get out of the budget, but those three are all good "starter" companies for separates.

[StimpsonJCat]

Originally Posted by aramis109

This is good advice too. I personally would look at the best Pioneer Elite I could get ahold of and compare that with separates from Emotiva, Outlaw, and Rotel. I think Rotel's going to quickly get out of the budget, but those three are all good "starter" companies for separates.

I would love to get the upcoming Outlaw Audio Model 997 Preamp/Processor combined with the Outlaw Audio Model 7900 7-channel Balanced Amplifier. Of course there is no way I can fit it in my budget...but my buddy is already half way there with the amp (got it for $1000 off during a recent sale). And he plans on getting the 997 when it comes out. His system sounds damn good right now with an ancient Pioneer Elite, some wonderful old polk towers, and that amp.