Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Advice regarding Rears in a 7.1 setup

Idealy it would be around $1000 but could go a bit higher the payoff is worth it.

I am not concerned with upconversion(I think the upconversion on the Pana 800U will be similar in quality to the Faroudja chipset) but do want the reciever to be able to take a component imput and output via HDMI (One of my media streaming devices only outputs component)

- Component in to HDMI out
-Passthrough is important to avoid HDCP errors.
-7.1 support
- The ability to run two separate sets of speakers
- a GUI is appreciated but not the deciding factor
- A phono input would be nice(I could survive without it and keep my old 70's Marantz in service or get a pre-amp for the receiver)
- The main thing is sound quality > features