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Different between Home Theater Receiver vs. Stereo Receiver

post #1 of 2
6/1/11 at 4:35pm
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I am not so clear about the different between the two like the title stated.  One of the most obvious different between the two is home theater receiver allow more than 2 channels vs only 2 channels on a stereo receiver.

 

I am looking at the Yamaha RX-V671 home theater receiver and the Yamaha R-S700/ or RX-797 stereo receiver.

 

If the stereo receiver has a good improvement over the home theater receiver, then that is what I will be considering.

 

Since I don't need any video features, mainly use the receiver to hook up to my computer. 

 

Here is what I plan to setup:

 

Energy CB-20 bookshelf speakers > Receiver > HRT music streamer II DAC (not sure if this is a good idea, since this DAC have usb that hook directly into the pc, so I don't need a sound card).


Edited by prtuc2 - 6/1/11 at 4:42pm
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6/2/11 at 5:44am

If you don't need video based inputs/outs or 6 channels because you won't be using 6channel audio, then the stereo receiver is the better option, the HRT music streamer II DAC is fine for that set-up it's doesn't matter whether you have a sound card or not the HRT music streamer II will bypass it.

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