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New surround receiver required
on: October 28, 2010, 20:24:28 PM
My old samsung AV-R620 is getting on a bit, the fan has gotten rather loud and the volume knob on the front has busted.. so im looking for something to replace it

I have 5 satellites and an active amp by yamaha, not mega loud but doesnt need to be.

Id like to save a few £ and keep the speakers, they are just bare wire connections, and the amp has a mono phono link.

Ideally looking for something cheap, id like true hd and/or dts hd or whatever the new ones are, i have DTS so far and want to upgrade really.

Needs to have an optical in naturally as all my kit runs through that and ideally a couple of analogue inputs.

So can anyone recommend something thats good value?
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Reply #1 on: October 28, 2010, 20:29:50 PM
Onkyo stuff gets good reviews, nicely priced and sounds nice.
http://www.richersounds.com/product/av-receivers/onkyo/txsr308/onky-txsr308-blk
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Re:New surround receiver required
Reply #2 on: October 28, 2010, 20:48:53 PM
Second vote for Onkyo kit, it always gets great reviews and recommendations.

Alternatively check ebay for a decent second hand Denon/Marantz or similar decent British made receiver
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Reply #3 on: October 28, 2010, 20:56:35 PM
my mate is selling a onkyo 607 for £200 its used, little concerned about 2nd hand kit, what do you think?
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Reply #4 on: October 28, 2010, 21:31:00 PM
If its well looked after youll have no problem with decent second hand kit. If hes a mate hes especially less likely to rip you off with it, ask him why hes selling.
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Reply #5 on: October 28, 2010, 21:35:51 PM
He upgraded a while back to some crazy hi spec thing, up to 9.2 iirc

Iv decided to go for it
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Reply #6 on: October 28, 2010, 23:34:12 PM
Nice one, thats a very good price for a 607 too. I doubt youll be disappointed.
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Reply #7 on: October 28, 2010, 23:38:06 PM
Yeah looks a good spec, think itll take me a few hours to unplug reorganise and reconnect everything
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Reply #8 on: October 31, 2010, 00:00:44 AM
well i have the tx-sr607... its awesome!
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Reply #9 on: October 31, 2010, 09:08:23 AM
Good stuff :ptu: Did it take you ages to set up?
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Reply #10 on: October 31, 2010, 20:12:51 PM
Not too long, just unplugged everything and pulled all the kit off my tv stand and started from scratch.

loads of cables left over as everything is running through HDMI, setup with the setup mic was easy and programming the remote and inputs was easy, all good.
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Reply #11 on: October 31, 2010, 20:24:39 PM
I just got a Nad 7125 for my birthday :D
Its for use with my PC.  Going to look at a Onkyo to replace Sams old Kenwood :D
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