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Thanks again Sonnie. I'm in the great position of just winning the $500 giveaway this month. I'm needing to spend that on some equipment and I'm trying to find a way to do this. I'm wanting to get 3 things, and I don't know if it's possible with $500. I may be able to throw some money on with it, but it wouldn't be much. Things are tight around here now.
Wanting to get a new remote, new sub amp, and a new receiver. A little background on what I have now and why I want those items.
The remote I have now is an old One For All remote. The little lcd screen on top has been broken for a while and I have been wanting one of the Logitech remotes. I really like the 880. I like that it has a recharging dock and the color lcd screen. The color lcd is probably just one of those things that's not really necessary, but it's nice and shiny and I like it. I'm not against any of the lesser models, but I do really like the charging base. I've also seen it on E-bay refurbed for less than $100.
The receiver I have now is an old Pioneer receiver. It's 5.1 and is probably 6-8 years old. May be older than that. I've been happy with it until I heard some onkyo and yamaha receivers. I have a feeling that the newer DAC's in new receivers are a lot better. I heard a friend's new, but lower end yamaha receiver with lesser quality speakers than mine and it made mine sound like there's a blanket over the speakers. With the new receiver I'd like the new dolby tru hd and dts master hd decoding, but it's not absolutely necessary. I've noticed that those receivers are close to $400 range and, while they're nice, I have other things to buy that probably won't accommodate that price with it. I've seen some onkyo 506's refurb for 169 with free shipping and that's more my price range. I like the onkyo's over the yamaha's because of their more real world power ratings. I've seen some high end yamaha's that only measure 40 watts a channel and they're quoted at 120.
The sub amp will push a Elemental Designs 19Ov.2 18" sub in a ~12 cubic foot enclosure tuned to 15 hz. I like the EP2500, but for this sub it may be too much. The EP1500 may be a better fit for this and my budget. It will be replacing another old 5.1 pioneer receiver that's used to push it. Right now it's probably only getting 100-150 watts if that much.
Any help would be appreciated.
Wanting to get a new remote, new sub amp, and a new receiver. A little background on what I have now and why I want those items.
The remote I have now is an old One For All remote. The little lcd screen on top has been broken for a while and I have been wanting one of the Logitech remotes. I really like the 880. I like that it has a recharging dock and the color lcd screen. The color lcd is probably just one of those things that's not really necessary, but it's nice and shiny and I like it. I'm not against any of the lesser models, but I do really like the charging base. I've also seen it on E-bay refurbed for less than $100.
The receiver I have now is an old Pioneer receiver. It's 5.1 and is probably 6-8 years old. May be older than that. I've been happy with it until I heard some onkyo and yamaha receivers. I have a feeling that the newer DAC's in new receivers are a lot better. I heard a friend's new, but lower end yamaha receiver with lesser quality speakers than mine and it made mine sound like there's a blanket over the speakers. With the new receiver I'd like the new dolby tru hd and dts master hd decoding, but it's not absolutely necessary. I've noticed that those receivers are close to $400 range and, while they're nice, I have other things to buy that probably won't accommodate that price with it. I've seen some onkyo 506's refurb for 169 with free shipping and that's more my price range. I like the onkyo's over the yamaha's because of their more real world power ratings. I've seen some high end yamaha's that only measure 40 watts a channel and they're quoted at 120.
The sub amp will push a Elemental Designs 19Ov.2 18" sub in a ~12 cubic foot enclosure tuned to 15 hz. I like the EP2500, but for this sub it may be too much. The EP1500 may be a better fit for this and my budget. It will be replacing another old 5.1 pioneer receiver that's used to push it. Right now it's probably only getting 100-150 watts if that much.
Any help would be appreciated.