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Originally Posted by soundboy  New Sherwood stereo receiver spotted on Sherwood's website. Did a little bit of research and here's a pic from soundstage.com.... 
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According to Sherwood's website, the RX-4503 2.1 stereo receiver has a dedicated subwoofer output. |
If you want multi-channel output, you're better off sticking with discrete outputs for each channel. All the processing which simulates 5 or more channels with 2 speakers have always been gimmicky. When you compare a simulated multichannel sound field with one from discrete speakers, there's no contest. Discrete channels hands down. If you are limited to 2 speakers, you're better off buying a system which handles the issue of placing surround speakers by using a discrete driver but imbedded in the front main speakers. Thes dedicated rear drivers bounce sound off the side walls to give you the surround channels. The KEF Instant Theater does this. The only time a simulated channel works well is if you use a phantom center setup.
I would go with a high quality 2 channel only receiver and not worry about the fluff with the processing. Any DVD player out there will send a 2 channel stereo output from a mulit-channel source anyways.
