Onkyo 605 (~$360 shipped) or 705 ($640 shipped) ????

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Originally Posted by Schrute Farms

What are Pre-outs?

Pre-outs are outputs on the receiver you would use if you wanted to hook your speakers up to a separate amplifier. They do basically the same thing as your speaker output jacks, but they send the signal out without amplifying the signal so that your external amp can do it.

Now you may not care about having those at the moment, but I'm always of the opinion that having more is always better. If, for some reason you want to use an amp in the future, then you won't have to buy another receiver.