Cheap garage AVR that sounds decent?

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afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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It's actually for my shed. Need wifi so I can stream from my NAS. Needs to be cheap like a couple few hundred. If you kind folks could point me in the right direction I would be much obliged.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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    I just sent for a YAMAHA RX-V485 my Yamaha R-N303 goes in the shed.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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    Yamaha ain't done me wrong so far.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,043
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    Why an AVR and not two-channel?

    I mean, depending upon one's "definition" of "AVR" there are great bargains out there -- you know, this stuff is obsolete after 18 months, so the resale value plummets essentially in real time. Gotta love the relentless march of technology :|

    Even as I type this, I am listenin' to the news on this "5.1" era monstrosity.
    Found it in the electronics scrap at our daughter & son-in-law's town dump. Someone paid $10 to get rid of it. Well built. Worked fine as found (needed to have controls cleaned).

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    49067070667_f5a92b2fcb_b.jpgDSC_7543 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
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    I have an N303 in my garage and it is fine... I'll let you know how it survived a Florida Garage summer in November...

    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

    Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |

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    Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |

    Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |

    Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |

    Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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    @mhardy6647 AVR for the flexibility I guess.

    @Mikey081057 I am pretty sure I will keep the AVR in the house and send the N303 to the woodshed.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,043
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    afterburnt wrote: »
    @mhardy6647 AVR for the flexibility I guess.
    ...

    Discuss.

    Speakers?
    Inputs?
    signal processing?
    sheer number of innies and outties on the back?

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    my brain pops right on out my head and scurries around on the floor like a newt when I see stuffs like that. :|


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  • Easy Runnin
    Easy Runnin Posts: 501
    edited August 2020
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    Couldn't you use any old receiver or AVR with out WiFi, connected to a cheap DLNA compatible Blu-ray player like a Sony BDP-S580?
    HT- Samsung PN50B860/Integra DTR 30.3/Rt55 Fronts
    Rt35i Surrounds/Cs1000p Center/SVS BP1000 Sub
    2CH - B&K MC-101 pre/B&K EX-442 amp/NAD 2400 amp
    Polk SDA1C, Polk Monitor 7, New Large Advents and Polk RTA 8T
    BR - Yamaha CR800/Polk monitor 5
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,976
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    Easy Runnin wrote: »
    Couldn't you use any old receiver or AVR with out WiFi, connected to a cheap DLNA compatible Blu-ray player like a Sony BDP-S580?

    or a chromecast, or a Squeezebox, or a Roku, etc. etc....
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es; Squeezebox Touch with Bolder Power Supply
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1    Cambridge Azur 551r; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,480
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    Better yet any old receiver & a chromecast audio will get the job done.
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  • Easy Runnin
    Easy Runnin Posts: 501
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    Wouldn’t those option require an HDMI input source on the receiver?
    HT- Samsung PN50B860/Integra DTR 30.3/Rt55 Fronts
    Rt35i Surrounds/Cs1000p Center/SVS BP1000 Sub
    2CH - B&K MC-101 pre/B&K EX-442 amp/NAD 2400 amp
    Polk SDA1C, Polk Monitor 7, New Large Advents and Polk RTA 8T
    BR - Yamaha CR800/Polk monitor 5
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,480
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    Chrome cast audio has a dual purpose 1/8" analog/optical out.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Easy Runnin wrote: »
    Couldn't you use any old receiver or AVR with out WiFi, connected to a cheap DLNA compatible Blu-ray player like a Sony BDP-S580?

    or a chromecast, or a Squeezebox, or a Roku, etc. etc....

    Roku will stream from my NAS? I got a Roku stick around here somewhere.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,976
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    afterburnt wrote: »
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Easy Runnin wrote: »
    Couldn't you use any old receiver or AVR with out WiFi, connected to a cheap DLNA compatible Blu-ray player like a Sony BDP-S580?

    or a chromecast, or a Squeezebox, or a Roku, etc. etc....

    Roku will stream from my NAS? I got a Roku stick around here somewhere.

    With plex it will...and all you need is the free app.
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es; Squeezebox Touch with Bolder Power Supply
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1    Cambridge Azur 551r; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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    rooftop59 wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Easy Runnin wrote: »
    Couldn't you use any old receiver or AVR with out WiFi, connected to a cheap DLNA compatible Blu-ray player like a Sony BDP-S580?

    or a chromecast, or a Squeezebox, or a Roku, etc. etc....

    Roku will stream from my NAS? I got a Roku stick around here somewhere.

    With plex it will...and all you need is the free app.

    Cool! I should have just asked you in the first place.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,976
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    afterburnt wrote: »
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Easy Runnin wrote: »
    Couldn't you use any old receiver or AVR with out WiFi, connected to a cheap DLNA compatible Blu-ray player like a Sony BDP-S580?

    or a chromecast, or a Squeezebox, or a Roku, etc. etc....

    Roku will stream from my NAS? I got a Roku stick around here somewhere.

    With plex it will...and all you need is the free app.

    Cool! I should have just asked you in the first place.

    You do have to put plex on your puter and the stick FYI...I’m not sure how to connect directly to a NAS but there are folks here that do!
    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es; Squeezebox Touch with Bolder Power Supply
    Game Room 5.1.4:     Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
    Bedroom 2.1    Cambridge Azur 551r; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
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    rooftop59 wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Easy Runnin wrote: »
    Couldn't you use any old receiver or AVR with out WiFi, connected to a cheap DLNA compatible Blu-ray player like a Sony BDP-S580?

    or a chromecast, or a Squeezebox, or a Roku, etc. etc....

    Roku will stream from my NAS? I got a Roku stick around here somewhere.

    With plex it will...and all you need is the free app.

    Cool! I should have just asked you in the first place.

    You do have to put plex on your puter and the stick FYI...I’m not sure how to connect directly to a NAS but there are folks here that do!

    My Synology NAS came with Plex server as an available add in. All I had to do was get into the NAS GUI and install it. Then install the Plex client software on devices where I want to listen to tunes. Everything talks to each other through your home network. I can also listen to my entire music collection away from home on my iPhone using cellular data service. Then Blue Tooth it to some better speaks. Plex is kinda cool.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,522
    edited September 2020
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    My shop yammie sits near my TV so I stream Amazon Music HD to it via toslink.

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    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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    steveinaz wrote: »
    My shop yammie sits near my TV so I stream Amazon Music HD to it via toslink.

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    I am running mine with those same speakers 6's no? What Yamaha is that?
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,522
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    Those are the 5's. Yamaha HTR-5540. I think I got it for $20 bucks about 7 years ago.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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