Whats the best for $500?
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I have a pair of 80's the rest of the stuff fro Axiom for my home theater. Need a new receiver but cannot spend more than $500.00
What are the suggestions?
Thanks for all your help!
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Re: Whats the best for $500?
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I'm guessing you're looking for an HT receiver. First thing to do, start thinking refurb--you'll get a better reciever that way. One to look for would be the H/K 435. You could also look for recent models, such as the Yamaha 1400, the H/K 430 or 525, etc.
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For the 80's you want something that will be able to drive a 4-ohm speaker. Denon's and HK will have no problem. For that price range you might be able to get a Denon 2105, which is basically like my 2805 but with a few less bells and whistles. HK also has some affordable stuff. I bought my 2805 at American Electronics when they had an employee pricing day. I picked it up for a little under $700, so the 2105 might be in reach.
good luck
ps So you bought the speakers before you had a receiver to drive them?
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Paul, any of the receivers of the major manufacturers in that price range should be adequate for your M80s unless you're going to be listening at extremely high volume in a very large room. Some examples would be the Denon 2105(2106 coming next month), HK435, Pioneer 1015 and Yamaha 1500. Get the features that you want at a price within your budget.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5789915610&category=39794&rd=1
Directly from harman kardon with warranty. Go for it!
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Oh hell yeah! That's the one to do, if you can nab it for less than $500.
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Definately.
I got their HK3480 stereo receiver - 23 lbs, 120x2 @ 8 ohms for about $190 after shipping and taxes on ebay.
harmanaudio on ebay > harmanaudio on harmanaudio.com. they sell the same refurbs for cheaper on ebay - good thing I noticed, or I'd have gotten the lower model 3380 for the same price as I just got the 3480!
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You could also look for recent models, such as the Yamaha 1400
Probably a bad idea. The 2500 from yamaha is newer and a model above the 1*00 series, and it is horrible into 4 ohm loads. See here - the fact that the damping factor goes down to SET tubeish levels at that impedance says a lot for how the 2500(probably much worse for the 1400) can handle a 4 ohm load.
Last edited by Thasp; 07/16/05 06:48 AM.
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Yeah, I forgot about the 4 ohm thing when I wrote that. Ignore me!
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So you bought the speakers before you had a receiver to drive them?
Well the story is long but the short of it is this, I bought smaller axioms for the liveing room ( REALLY FOR THE WIFE) and built a sound room in basement. I thought I use an old denon 2500 for the room trying to keep the expense of my "play room" down. But when I hooked it up it does not sound good at all in surround sound. So I had to budjet in for a new ht reciever. When I figue out how to add picks I will post them.
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If you know anyone on the west coast they may be able to get you good deals on Hk from Fry's. I have heard that Frys sells some HK receivers, new, at remanufactured prices.....
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