receiver recommendation for new setup

TesseracT

Hello, i want to change my old samsung htib for a nice new setup. I live in a condo (in a building with only 3 condo), my living room is medium size and open on dining room and kitchen.

I will use it for movie, gaming, sport, music and probably to play guitar (using a usb interface with spdif out).

For the speaker i came up with that:

Polk S50s to start. Later i will add a S35 and some sub. Some months later a S10s with probably a rocketfish to be wireless. Right now i could buy the S50 for the same price of a RTI-A5..would it be the right choice or i'm better with a rti-a5?

My main question is more toward receivers, i did some research and the 3 that looked nice for me were: (price in cad)

Yamaha RX-V481 ($400)
Denon AVR-S530BT ($350)
Sony STR-DH770 ($350)

I don't care much about atmos and super fancy stuff. Audyssey looks nice but i think it's over my budget (max 400-450 cad). So as long as the receiver makes my speakers sound good, is reliable and have 4-5 hdmi output that can handle 4k i'm gonna be happy.

So would i be fine with any of those 3? Is one of them better than the other? or you can suggest me another receiver.

thanks!

tonyb

Given your choice in receivers, the RTI-A5's would mate the best.

If you want a receiver to sound good, better than average, your going to have to move off the entry level offerings. Your budget doesn't allow that it appears. Just sayin'...

TesseracT

What type of receiver would be the minimum to fully enjoy the S50? Keep in mind that i'm in a condo so i won't put the volume really really loud.

I wanted the S50 because the center of the RTI-A5 (csia4 or csia6) is much bigger than the S35 and would not fit on my tv stand.

cfrizz

The Signature speakers are great speakers and will do well with both music and movies.

I agree with Tony and go a bit higher up the receiver chain to something with preouts and more power for possible future upgrades.

mrloren

I too would also go with the Signatures, like @cfrizz said they are great on both music and movies.

RTi/RTiA are more for movies, being a former RTi-8 owner my Signatures play music a lot better than my RTi did. I don't miss the RTi when it comes to movies either.

For AVR I would look at Denon, Marantz or Yamaha. non Sony ES is not worth the time to hook up. Try to move up the chain away from the lower end entry level AVR, you'll be happy you did.

TesseracT

I think i will go with a Denon AVR-X1400H. I guess that would be enough?

mrloren

TesseracT wrote: »

I think i will go with a Denon AVR-X1400H. I guess that would be enough?

Good choice, If you could go up even more would be better. Being that you're in a condo the 1400 will work well.