What HD Reciever to buy

[Reanimator]

Great guys. I appreciate all of your input. I think the price range was pretty relative. It was meant to be a starting point to see what I could get for the money. Now that I see what the units between 800 and 1200 have to offer I may be inclined to touch upon the 1200 range. I am however waiting 'till after Christmas or after the new year to pick one up. I am not really an impulsive buyer with most things. I will toss around those final choices. Yhanks again

[Magyar]

jvc wrote:

That is true about most of their other receivers, but the ES series is regarded pretty highly. Everything I've read about them has been positive.

Usually their power output is where they lack, especially with 4 ohm speakers.

[allredp]

I just got the Yamaha 1800 and am very impressed with it--there is a great review of it in Sound&Vision this month.

While I've liked the Onkyo over the years, they have especially strong amplifiers, I've been scared off due to the video processing issues talked about in some of the forums. I haven't paid enough personal attention to know the problems specifically, but apparently there are many users with video processing issues.

Good luck!

[Reanimator]

I am still leaning towards this one --->Pioneer VSX-94TXH 7.1

Have not made the final decision yet

[jerome]

Reanimator wrote:

I am still leaning towards this one --->Pioneer VSX-94TXH 7.1

Have not made the final decision yet

Because .... ?

[Reanimator]

for one I found it for 999.00 and it seems to have plenty of inputs and other options that are attractive. Not getting into detail but specs seem nice.