i'm looking for some help in choosing a receiver, i don't need the newest top of the line blow your pants of your legs type that best buy recommends!

- i want 7.1 surround sound
- about 100 watts per channel (give or take)
- needs at least 2 ingoing hdmi in and out ports and at least one out
- i'm a little confused about the sub woofer and how many watts that channel needs to be.
- i need instructions on what gauge wire to use/ where the speakers should be placed

thanks to everyone who can help me out with this!

i'm also looking for recommendations on what brands/ size of speakers i should look into!
you ppl are out of your mind!! there are plenty of good receivers from yamaha for around 300-400 with hdmi and 3d talk about spending money poorly!!


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a lot depends on what size room you have how close you sit to the speakers what type of things you listen to and personal preferance....i would look into speakers by polk audio; boston acoustics; energy and psb... subwoofers by velodyne or hsu, subs have built in amps so the amps for the sub should be equal or more than your reciever ratring for one channel; wire use 16 or 14 guage depending on the length of the run, more that 25 ft use 14 guage...the receiver i would recommentd is the onkyo tx nr 609 or the onkyo rc360...


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- 100 watts per channel. this gets to you mid-level (about $800) from a good receiver maker. in truth a receiver with 70-80 wpc from a company that honestly measures power is all you need. this is because you surround yourself with an array of speakers so you dont need huge power numbers for 1-2 seats.

- subwoofer: in general the subwoofer output is an rca jack and is un-powered. you run a rca cable to the self-powered subwoofer.

- gauge wire: go to www.partsexpress.com and get a spool of good oxygen-free 12 ga and use it everywhere. you should pay less than $1/ft. the ''''''carol'''''' brand from home depot is also decent.

receiver:

i like the yamaha rx-v line. anything by dennon is good. sony makes hundreds of so-so receivers so only consider a used receiver from sony in their es line. try to find one with the audssy calibration feature.

speakers:

my best advice is to only buy speakers from companies who make speakers as their main business. no speakers from yamaha, sony, philips, etc. are decent. these are usually poor-quality throw-ins to get you to buy the electronics.

all 5 of your speakers should be from the same make & model. but the subwoofer can be from some other company. in fact -the best subwoofer companies often do not make or sell the other 5 speakers.

some advice: music is about accuracy, but home theater is about impact.

this means a set of 5 small, inexpensive speakers with pressed-wood cabinets and clips instead of binding posts, matched to a decent subwoofer can give you a great home theater experience. it may not do well with music.

for speakers look into sets by polk, klipsch, definitive technology, energy, etc.

for subwoofers: look into svs woofers and hsu research.

hope this helps.


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well, not to say you cant get anything for 3 to 4 hundred, but you will have a hard time finding a receiver that is built reasonably well at that price point. by the way yamaha makes a poorly built and sounding receiver in my opinion. there really are allot of poorly built receiver's on the market today, many have cut corners to offer more in features then sound quality. many not using discreet output stages, and unable to drive lower impedance loads, which is a sign of a poorly made amplifier section.

nad is one of the only manufacture still building higher quality receiver's, using discreet output stages and higher quality parts, but yes they are not cheap. even brands i used to respect like marantz and denon have cheapened there products over the last couple years to be more competitive price wise.

watts also does not tell you much if anything about subwoofer quality or anything for that matter. your better off reading reviews from the better magazines like absolute sound perfect vision, and stereophile as they review the better equipment and the reviewers are very knowledgeable.

gauge of speaker wire also will not determine the sound quality, there is allot more to cable technology that determines sound quality. but if your more concerned with making sure you do not damage your receiver, keep your speaker length as short as possible and or using 14 gauge oxygen free copper speaker wire and you wont have any issues.

speaker placement is the single most important aspect in a audio or surround system in getting good sound. there are a number of miss-conceptions and miss-information when it comes to speaker selection and placement. i have a more detailed explanation in my blogs, that should help you.

kevin
40 years high end audio video specialist


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yamaha rx-v371bl is a high-powered a/v receiver rated at 100 watts per channel with several advanced features and support for high fidelity audio and video. this receiver offers a slew of connections for all your gear, including four hdmi inputs and one hdmi output. it employs burr brown d/a converters for all channels and offers high dynamic power as well as low-impedance drive capability.


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