Your preferred receiver/amp brand

Easy Rhino · May 21, 2011

i am a bit of a marantz snob which is running the home theater. but i have also owned a harmon kardon and currently have an old kenwood stereo receiver just for my pc audio which still sounds great!

what do you use??

INSTG8R · May 21, 2011

Yamaha man here. Great bang for the buck amps.

Swamp Monster · May 21, 2011

Kenwood KRF V4070D 5.1 Receiver. I'm using it for PC audio mostly.

Athlonite · May 21, 2011

An Pioneer VSX-D457 5.1 old yes works yes would I ever get rid of in favor of something better HELL YES unfortunately newer units cost a butt load here I just wish this thing had an Optical or RCA SPDIF ah but it doesn't but it does ok as analogue

theJesus · May 21, 2011

Pioneer VSX-920-K here. Works great for my usage, just doesn't work with my monitor

Granted, I don't have very high-end speakers (well, my KRKs are fairly nice, but they use built-in amps).

Velvet Wafer · May 21, 2011

Yamaha RX-V357....quite a few years old, but still pretty good

cadaveca · May 21, 2011

Using a more recent Yamaha, model doesn't come to mind.

Really, I don't care about brand. I look for separate amplifier sections for each channel(allowing you to adjust each speaker individually), rated power, and volume noticed before distortion. Needs to be able to properly handle 6/4 ohm loads, too.

Robert-The-Rambler · May 22, 2011

Onkyo

To my ears their amps are really good at handling any kind of load and offer very robust bass output. I have the 804 and 606 models.

KieX · May 22, 2011

I'm a fan of the British manufacturer Cambridge Audio. Got an entry level amp from them and I'm starting to think I might get myself their new DACMagic since reviews seem to give it a big thumbs up.

MRCL · May 22, 2011

I use an Onkyo for my home cinema, but I'm a sucker for classic Technics stuff.
I'm too young to shovel my retirement fund into the throats of Marantz, NAD or MacIntosh...

AsRock · May 22, 2011

ONKYO, Kenwood, Yamaha, DENON, TEAC, SONY and Rotel.

I have had several Technics amps and all of them sound different so really the only real way to get the best one for your self is to test them all. I just went for the safest this time as we do not have a place were you can test were as if i was in the UK i be in SuperFi testing a shit load out 1st.

jsfitz54 · May 22, 2011

Yamaha RX-V890 and Parasound HCA-3500 Amp.

ktr · May 22, 2011

Onkyo 60x series.

Best bang for the buck.

majestic12 · May 22, 2011

I have a Sony ES receiver and CD player (which I will be reunited with next week! -moving back to the States...). If I had lots of interest in getting a better system and money to burn, I'd probably opt for some Classe amps though. Maybe some vintage McIntosh stuff could work as well -I just love that tubey sound.

imperialreign · May 26, 2011

Supporter of Pioneer, here. Excellent, professional level quality comparable to much higher-end equipment, at a fraction of the cost - besides, they live up to their name (pioneer) in the audio market.

hertz9753 · May 27, 2011

I have a Denon AVR 791 and an Onkyo TX-SR603X.

trickson · May 27, 2011

Blaupunkt .

johnspack · May 27, 2011

I'd love a modern amp. But being poor, I resort to my crappy but workable JVC RX-5000V for use basically as a headphone amp for my pc. I also have an even older Nikko TRM-800 that I spent a year restoring to new condition. I don't use it currently.

jasper1605 · May 27, 2011

Yamaha. Their Aventage series are stellar amps.

I've got the RX-A800 powering my speakers and it does a mighty good job.

Glazierman · May 27, 2011

H&K AVR-310 with a pair of Klipsch LA Scalla's

Cybrnook · May 27, 2011

Pioneer VSX 1020 here ;-) 4 x B&W 6 1/2 Monitoring Cabinets with 10" B&W woofer.

mlee49 · May 27, 2011

1 more for Onkoyo, excellent quality.

I have a nice 7.1 Sony pushing 110W per 7 channels, very nice but doesn't upscale nor does it allow for analog in to digital out. Meaning I cant plug in my Wii and then run a HDMI out.

Wile E · May 27, 2011

Another Onkyo here. HT-RC270 for the home theater, and an TX-SR606 on the computer.

I also quite like Marantz in these price ranges.

sniviler · May 27, 2011

Denon AVR-4311CI +Klipsch Reference RF-7 II

hertz9753 · May 27, 2011

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1548952&postcount=23

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Your preferred receiver/amp brand

Easy Rhino

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INSTG8R

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Swamp Monster

Athlonite

theJesus

Velvet Wafer

cadaveca

My name is Dave

Robert-The-Rambler

KieX

MRCL

AsRock

TPU addict

jsfitz54

ktr

majestic12

imperialreign

New Member

hertz9753

trickson

OH, I have such a headache

johnspack

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jasper1605

Glazierman

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Cybrnook

mlee49

Wile E

Power User

sniviler

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hertz9753

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