Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Receiver Selection

I am still reading user manual of the receivers. I realized that some of them do not have digital to analog converter. What I mean for an instance AVR 635 has mp3 decoding feature, but 5890 does not. On the other hand, Pioneer 1015 has WMA9 decoding feature. My plan is to connect a media player such as Roku or I/O Data Link Player to a receiver and enjoy listening MP3 or WMA in surruond format. If a receiver does not have this kind of decoding capability, does it mean that I can not listen MP3 or WMA music in surround format.

What about Marantz SR 7500 or SR 8400? I know 8400 a little bit expensive but from performance point of view, do they match my axiom speakers (M22ti and WS4)?

Hey guys, this is my first post. I don't have Axiom speakers yet, but I'm planning on buying a M60ti surround set-up when I get back from Iraq. Gotta put some of that combat pay to good use =)

As for receivers, I really like my Denon. It's a couple years old (its only Dolby Digital 5.1), but it puts out 100w per channel and I've had no problems at all with it. In fact, I will probably keep it until I can upgrade to the Lexicon RV-8, which I hear is quite a steal at $7k =P

Welcome Bigsarge72, you'll have a killer system whenever you get those speakers. Take care over there and get home safe!

Welcome Sarge! Thank you, so much, for your service and your sacrifice. Get 'er done, and get home safe. Bless you.

I think your Denon will handle the Axioms fine. Their sensitivity makes them relatively easy speakers to drive.

Ok, had the wife check the model for me, because stuff like that bugs me when I can't remember, heh. It's a Denon AVR-3200 and it's 80 watts per channel, not the 100w I posted earlier. It will do until I can upgrade, but my speakers definitely need upgraded more than my receiver =P

The 3200 is an excellent receiver albeit out dated. I've had mine since 98' and it is still going strong. I'm using it in a bedroom theater setup and but for the fact that it did not do DTS, it would still be in my main system.

In spite of the fact that it is only (according to my owners manual) 85w in 5 channel mode (105w in 2 channels) I'm still amazed at how robust, clean and full my system sounds (with 5 KEF speakers + sub). The 3200 never seems to strain no matter what is thrown at it.

Yeah, after I save up enough to get a DTS receiver, I will move my current set-up (Denon 3200 + Klipsch Quintet surround system) into the bedroom for movies/music.

Finally, I decided to go with AVR300 and I ordered one from the nearly perfect list of Audiophile Systems. I hope I made my decision correctly. It is really expensive.