Looking For a New Audio Receiver

[California93]

So for a while my family and I have had a Sony DA555ES 5.1 A/V receiver. It is really good, and outputs about 130 watts over 5 channels.

It has served us greatly, but unfortunately, it doesn't use HDMI.


And when I got a PS3 for Christmas last year, I realized the best I could do for audio was using a Digital Optical Cable. It sounds good, but we want something that has HDMI and decodes the latest audio formats.


Our entertainment room isn't huge, so we really don't need anything "huge" either.


After a couple of weeks of research, I have found three receivers that suit our purposes well. I have lined them up in order of which ones me and my parents like the best.


1) Onkyo TX-SR606 ($387.75)

2) Yamaha HTR-6160BL ($379.00)

3) Sony STR-DG820 ($399.99)



We have also been looking at 7.1 speaker systems, and the one we like a lot is the Onkyo SKS-HT540. (It received a 7.7 out of 10 on cnet.com, which is great because they hate almost everything they review.)