What receiver would you pick

RodneyWoodford
RodneyWoodford Posts: 144
edited December 2013 in Electronics
I'm looking at the following two receivers Pioneer VSX 823 and Harman Kardon avr700 , which would you pick out of the two? I know the Pioneer is a network receiver.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,967
    edited December 2013
    For what ? To drive what ? How many speakers will it be powering ? Will there be a subwoofer in the mix ?
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
  • RodneyWoodford
    RodneyWoodford Posts: 144
    edited December 2013
    Rti 10's only. No Sub. Mainly for Music dvds.
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,967
    edited December 2013
    Neither....either one is very under powered to drive RTI10's to their potential.

    How big is this room ? No other speakers connected, just 2 channel ?
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
  • RodneyWoodford
    RodneyWoodford Posts: 144
    edited December 2013
    Okay , a set of Rti4's and that is it. I would have went with a 2 channel but I need hdmi for the music dvds. I already have an adcom running the Rti10s and a Harman Kardon 254 running the Rti4s and csi5 with sub.But I was looking to set up a small 2 channel system in another room. I already bought a second set of Rti4s and was thinking of moving them as fronts for the ht setup and moving the 10s for the two channel setup but may have to use the 4s as the 2 channel.