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Originally Posted by CodeToad /img/forum/go_quote.gif
One problem with receivers is the heat. Some of those HK and Onkyo's draw 6 amps. Why not just get a couple curling irons and sit them around the room.
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kthx, A+++++ would troll and ignore again
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Originally Posted by iriverdude
Why buy av amp for just stereo system? If he's not getting home theatre system. A standard amp will blow the doors off av amp for sound quality.
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QFT!!!
to the op: allow me to as blunt as a hammer, and as serious as AIDS with you:
stop being lazy, and go shop for used equipment
thats quite honestly the only way you'll get "really good" sound quality, otherwise you're going to spend more (there *are* good stereo amplifiers/recievers/IAs on the market, most of them will not fit your budget as is)
as far as speakers, I'd suggest you go and listen to speakers (I know, you can't just be lazy and pick cool looking things on amazon
), brands I'd suggest you start with (not at all saying "buy", saying "try, see what your ears tell you") include Klipsch, Polk, Kef, B&W, Mirage, Infinity, Definitive, Vienna, Yamaha, NHT, and Monitor
if you're going to take decent advice, and look at used equipment as well, add Technics, Realistic, Sony (ONLY VINTAGE PLZ KTHX), and Victor/JVC to the list as well (and I'm sure theres plenty of other vintage names I'm omitting, ignoring, or forgetting, I'm merely giving you some places to start though)
amplifier/reciever wise, I'd strongly suggest Harman/Kardon (iriver, for a Harman fan, I'm kind of surprised you didn't suggest vintage HK's (even their new stuff, on the whole, is "good")), NAD, Rotel (as iriver did), along with Onkyo, Technics, Yamaha, Denon, and Sony (again, I'm talking used/vintage equipment here, a modern stereo reciever worth owning is around $500-$600, and a decent IA can run you twice that)
if you positively refuse to look at used equipment, positively refuse to bargain shop, and absolutely have to "buy it all new", might I suggest the Firestone Big Joe, or Pioneer A-35R as considerations
cheers