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buying a new receiver for my home theater
hulkster:
okay, so ive had my HTIB 5.1 setup for about 5-6 years and its worked pretty good. im not an audio/videophile so the HTIB setup was good enough for me then. im starting to learn the value of piecing together my home theater setup, so that's what im trying to accomplish here. ive gotten a new 50" hdtv, and a new upscaling dvd player....both have hdmi ports but my crap receiver doesnt have those. nor does my crap receiver even have component ports! yeah, it sucks. so currently....
im looking at this receiver http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Onkyo-TX-SR605S-7-1-Channel-Home-Theater-Receiver-Silver-TX-SR605S/sem/rpsm/oid/180267/catOid/-12851/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
first of all, i still have my 5.1 speakers that came with the HTIB which are crap i know. i dont have the money to replace them right, so if i get this receiver, the speakers will have to wait till christmas maybe. my first question is: if i get a 7.1 receiver now, and hook my 5.1 speakers up to it....will it still work? i mean, i know it will "work" but will i get the same sound through those speakers (surround) as i do with my current receiver? it wont be looking for those extra 2 speakers will it?
second question: i know my current speakers are sucky, and im scared that if i plug up those speakers to this new receiver, that the receiver will deliver too much power to the speakers and end up blowing them out. is that true?
third question: is this even a decent receiver? i need to stay around a $400 budget, and i want hdmi ports on the back. i know that for $400 i wont be getting the best receiver ever, and the hdmi may not be the best in the world, but for me, its good enough. so im just wondering if this is a decent receiver for $400. again, im not an audio/videophile. please help!
ChadTower:
Someone point him to the Panny everyone has been talking about.
hulkster:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 03, 2007, 11:24:17 am ---
Someone point him to the Panny everyone has been talking about.
--- End quote ---
panny? :dunno
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: hulkster on October 03, 2007, 11:25:19 am ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 03, 2007, 11:24:17 am ---
Someone point him to the Panny everyone has been talking about.
--- End quote ---
panny? :dunno
--- End quote ---
Panasonic.
ChadTower:
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