New receiver ...have a few questions.

ttomp

I just bought a house and I finally will have my HT room, it's 15x19 and I'm going to upgrade my receiver, I have a psw 404, a pair of rt2000i's for the front, a csi5 for my center and rt600i's for the rear, I'm not planning to use 6.1 or 7.1, so I don't want to spend the extra money on a receiver that I'm not going to use on it's full potential, I was looking at the Denon avr-1705, hk-230 or onkyo tx-sr502, I was leanning towards the Denon because I have a HD LCD 60" panasonic and I'm puting all the equipment on the back of the room so I dont have any distractions on the front of the room and, so the idea of running my cable box, my dvd and playstation to the receiver and then just one cable to my tv sounds pretty good , and the denon has 3 inputs so everything would work fine , but I'd like to hear som opinions before I pull the trigger on the denon.

mantis

With the kind of speakers you own I suggest you step up to the Denon avr2805 or even the avr3805. they sound alot better then the 1705 and I personally feel your room could use the extra power.

Rotel I would also say to take a look at the Rotel rsx1056. I has so much better sound quality then the Denon receivers do and you can also upgrade to better spekaers without having to upgrade the receiver.

Something to think about.

Dan

Early B.

With the kind of speakers you own I suggest you step up to the Denon avr2805 or even the avr3805. they sound alot better then the 1705 and I personally feel your room could use the extra power.

Yeah, do that.

gregure

Even entry level Onkyos such as the 502 are decent, but the suggestions already given are worthwhile. Unfortunately, a lot of receivers offer 6.1 or 7.1 past a certain model. Even if you don't choose to take advantage of the extra channels, the difference in sound quality is immediately apparent.
Don't know what your budget is, but given the models you've described, I don't think you're prepared to spend a great deal. Still, I have to recommend the B&K AVR 505. This way youw will get the best HT receiver on the market and not be bothered with any extra channels. Of course, it is $2500. They are liquidating the earlier 505's in favor of the new model (only thing the new one offers that is different is upconversion of S-video/Composite to Component). If you can live w/o the upconversion feature, look for a discount 505 in high end dealer nearby. I bought mine open box. It did have an issue w/ playback-some audible popping when fast forwarding or skipping chapters on DVD, but I had it sent to B/K for repair, and not only did they repair it, but they upgraded the soundboard with all current modifications. It sounds better than ever.
I ran my system with an Onkyo 701 before, and it sounded good for movies, but music sounded somewhat constricted on my 10's. With the B&K, not only to the 10's sound superb, but I hear more details in recordings I've had for years. If you can find a good deal on a 505, jump on it. You will think you just bought new speakers.
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As for decent mid-line models from Denon or Onkyo, look for forthcoming advice, as I am not as familiar with those. Once you go high end, there's no going back.

organ

You mentioned you're not going for 6.1 or 7.1 I suggest going used and get a TOTL 5.1 With 6.1 and 7.1 being so popular these days, you can get a kick **** used 5.1 receiver at a great price!

Maurice

Toxis

seeing how you like the component video option, the Onkyo only gives you 2 comp in's so that eliminates that unless you step to the 702 but now you're at $750. The denon 1905 is a great reciever for the money at <$500 but the sound difference if you stepped to the 2805 ($850) would be WELL worth the money. Plus, you still get 3 comp vid in and upconvergience. I say go 2805, unless you can stretch for the 3805 which is another huge step from the 2805. It's all up to your budget. Don't get so wrapped up in features or thinking you don't need much power. Remember, even the smallest onkyo/denon would give you enough power to blow you out of the room (not literally), but the extra power is definitely wanted by larger speakers that can sound amazing even at low volumes with bigger balls pushing them.