Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Is this really the receiver I should get?

Get the AVR 630! I have one with an Axiom/HSU speaker system and it brings a smile to my face every time I listen to it. My friends can't believe it when they come over.

I can't get it past -20 on the volume control. Lots of power to spare. And ditto to the bass management comment made earlier.

I recently purchased the HK 7200 from One Call. The 7300 replaced it, so you can get a pretty good deal on it. I haven't done a comparison of it to the 630, so I don't really know the pro's / con's of each. The 7200 is a friggin power house though. It's a monster at 53 pounds. I think I paid around $900 shipped, new in the box with warrantee. Shipping was $150 (FedX to Alaska). You can most likely still find one on the internet somewhere, new in the box. I didn't see it available at One Call anymore, bummer. For your reference, the 7300 is going for $2200 and the 7200 was going for $1800 when it first came out.

One annoying feature that both these share is no Bass/Treble control over the second zone. All you get is straight stereo. If other multi zone receivers have more control of the second zone, I'd seriously look at them.

I agree. My 630/Axiom setup is da bomb!

The "drop out" issue really isn't a big deal. I don't even notice it anymore.

Question: Does the 630 perform video up-conversion to component video? I scanned through the website and the owner's manual and I didn't see it. I was also looking for multi-zone capability, which I did find in the manual. Their website isn't particularly detailed about the features.

Well, I had to find out about this HK stuff, so I took a 15 minute trip to a dealer who has HK. I was able to listen to an HK avr 330. After that audition I went to another hi-fi shop to listen to a Denon 2805, a Pioneer Elite 55tx and the Yammie 1400. These are my impressions. The HK was cheap looking and I was afraid I was going to break the volume knob. The sound was tinny and lackluster probably due to that shops inadequate set up. I was not impressed with the HK or the Paradigm bookshelves I was listening to.

At the second shop, I found the sound of the Elite to be somewhat average, while the Yamaha and the Denon were impressive. If I was going to buy a new receiver today, I would buy the Denon.

After this short trip I returned home and listened to my old Yammie with my Axiom speaker system. I said to myself, "self, this sounds darn good." I wasn't impressed with the HK I listened to. I either don't get it or this shop has no idea or desire to set up a system properly. I'm hoping that the later is true. Furthermore, I would like to state publicly that sometimes I forget how nice my Axiom speakers really are until I go listen to something else in a shop setting. AXIOM ROCKS!

Kind of tough to judge the sound of three seperate receivers in three seperate locations with three different speakers.

Dude, you really hate the H/Ks, don't you?

I would put that "tinnyness" down to the speakers and their positioning, myself. I suppose they could have totally screwed up the reciever settings, but...

Anyway, I don't particularly like the new H/K look myself, but my 525 is quite solid and seems well built.

Nah, I don't hate them. I have read many postive comments about them. I have yet to come to the same conclusions based on listening tests. Maybe I need to get my ears flushed again.LOL

Maybe you need to listen to them with decent speakers in a decent listening environment!

U-MM, Could be.