Anyone selling a stereo receiver?
08-20-2008, 07:47 AM
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Anyone selling a stereo receiver? My 5.1 receiver crapped out. I'm looking for someone who has a working 5.1 receiver who wants to sell. It obviously has to work. Sony has a brand new receiver that will do 1080p sound for 150.00 so I'm looking to stay in that price range. Depending on what you have I may pay more.
08-20-2008, 09:47 AM
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3rd X-Box 360, dead receiver, first AC died, water heater died, baseboard heater died. Never an eletrical spike or anything but if it runs on electric and it's in my condo, it's gonna die.
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08-21-2008, 07:04 AM
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Ouch!!!! Michelle is actually pretty good, she works her second job and budgets her money much better than I thought she would. She could do better but so could I, we all could though really.
Keith, I am going to end up getting it. For 150 I cant get a used receiver that can do 1080p sound, even new, other brands cost more but still dont do 1080p. I just signed up for Comcast, for 30.00 more a month they gave me digital preferred cable (a bit more stations than regular cable), a hdtv tuner and the nfl network (actually the sports network, every game ever played during the year). Now when you guys come over you have something to watch and its high def.
This fall Netflix will allow all Xbox's to stream 20,000 movies free of charge to your TV.
I hope my high def dvr in my LCD is compatible with Comcast, if not I might break down and get the dvr from Comcast but the 30.00 is enough, I dont want to spend more on tv service. I just dont know if my built in hdtv dvr will be user friendly like the Comcast one is or if everything will have to be set manually. I dont have a good feeling that it will work the way I want it to but I rather chance it for a while at first.
Comcast is coming over between 2 pm and 5 pm. Michelle is dragging me to a jewlery party with her girlfriend from work but I have a funny feeling that girls boy friend and I will just hang out at my place and watch tv, drink and maybe use the Xbox.
Do you guys want a call if I end up hanging at my place?
Keith, I am going to end up getting it. For 150 I cant get a used receiver that can do 1080p sound, even new, other brands cost more but still dont do 1080p. I just signed up for Comcast, for 30.00 more a month they gave me digital preferred cable (a bit more stations than regular cable), a hdtv tuner and the nfl network (actually the sports network, every game ever played during the year). Now when you guys come over you have something to watch and its high def.
This fall Netflix will allow all Xbox's to stream 20,000 movies free of charge to your TV.
I hope my high def dvr in my LCD is compatible with Comcast, if not I might break down and get the dvr from Comcast but the 30.00 is enough, I dont want to spend more on tv service. I just dont know if my built in hdtv dvr will be user friendly like the Comcast one is or if everything will have to be set manually. I dont have a good feeling that it will work the way I want it to but I rather chance it for a while at first.
Comcast is coming over between 2 pm and 5 pm. Michelle is dragging me to a jewlery party with her girlfriend from work but I have a funny feeling that girls boy friend and I will just hang out at my place and watch tv, drink and maybe use the Xbox.
Do you guys want a call if I end up hanging at my place?
Joe inviting us over
08-21-2008, 09:56 AM
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I watch the Celtics, you guys dont like the Celtics. I watch the Patriots, you guys dont watch the Patriots.
I like to drink alot, you guys dont like to drink alot.
Everything I do, you guys dont so I dont even bring it up. If you want to drink and watch TV, come on over.
I like to drink alot, you guys dont like to drink alot.
Everything I do, you guys dont so I dont even bring it up. If you want to drink and watch TV, come on over.
08-23-2008, 04:08 PM
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here is some advice DO NOT BUY SONY for your reciever but then again you like to replace broken things. You would be much better off with a yamaha,denon,pioneer than a sony. Why not post up the model your looking at so i could tell you whats better. For 150 bucks your going to get crap unless its a better used model
08-23-2008, 05:01 PM
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I don't really have anything to get rid of, I'm too possessive with my stuff even though I have receivers I don't use anymore.
Prices have come down dramatically in the past 2 years or so. You can now pickup 5.1 receivers for VERY cheap.
That said, there are new digital signals that cannot be decoded with these budget receivers. You're mentioning 1080p; 1080p is a video resolution, not an audio compression. Digital audio is something like Dolby DTS, or Dolby Digital. 1080p is a video resolution just like 720p or 480p, and is the highest resolution commercially available. With regards to a receiver it simply means that it's able to pass this video through the receiver and into an input of the viewing device, typically a television. Since it's 1080p that means it has an HDMI hookup in the back and will act as a pass through HDMI Switch. At $150 it will NOT decode the digital sound over the HDMI cable, you typically need to spend $400 or more to get that.
That said, I suggest Onkyo's lower end receivers if you don't want to spend too much. They're quality at a cheaper price. I've also had good luck with cheap-o Pioneer stuff in the past. I would suggest staying away from Sony, I never had much luck with their home audio lines; although I've had 4+ head units for car audio from them and at least 2 amps and a sub over the years.
I personally use Harmon Kardon receivers, but at $500+ I'm not sure they're the best option for a budget setup.
Prices have come down dramatically in the past 2 years or so. You can now pickup 5.1 receivers for VERY cheap.
That said, there are new digital signals that cannot be decoded with these budget receivers. You're mentioning 1080p; 1080p is a video resolution, not an audio compression. Digital audio is something like Dolby DTS, or Dolby Digital. 1080p is a video resolution just like 720p or 480p, and is the highest resolution commercially available. With regards to a receiver it simply means that it's able to pass this video through the receiver and into an input of the viewing device, typically a television. Since it's 1080p that means it has an HDMI hookup in the back and will act as a pass through HDMI Switch. At $150 it will NOT decode the digital sound over the HDMI cable, you typically need to spend $400 or more to get that.
That said, I suggest Onkyo's lower end receivers if you don't want to spend too much. They're quality at a cheaper price. I've also had good luck with cheap-o Pioneer stuff in the past. I would suggest staying away from Sony, I never had much luck with their home audio lines; although I've had 4+ head units for car audio from them and at least 2 amps and a sub over the years.
I personally use Harmon Kardon receivers, but at $500+ I'm not sure they're the best option for a budget setup.
08-24-2008, 09:03 AM
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I watch the Celtics, you guys dont like the Celtics. I watch the Patriots, you guys dont watch the Patriots.
I like to drink alot, you guys dont like to drink alot.
Everything I do, you guys dont so I dont even bring it up. If you want to drink and watch TV, come on over.
I like to drink alot, you guys dont like to drink alot.
Everything I do, you guys dont so I dont even bring it up. If you want to drink and watch TV, come on over.
08-24-2008, 11:47 AM
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I don't really have anything to get rid of, I'm too possessive with my stuff even though I have receivers I don't use anymore.
Prices have come down dramatically in the past 2 years or so. You can now pickup 5.1 receivers for VERY cheap.
That said, there are new digital signals that cannot be decoded with these budget receivers. You're mentioning 1080p; 1080p is a video resolution, not an audio compression. Digital audio is something like Dolby DTS, or Dolby Digital. 1080p is a video resolution just like 720p or 480p, and is the highest resolution commercially available. With regards to a receiver it simply means that it's able to pass this video through the receiver and into an input of the viewing device, typically a television. Since it's 1080p that means it has an HDMI hookup in the back and will act as a pass through HDMI Switch. At $150 it will NOT decode the digital sound over the HDMI cable, you typically need to spend $400 or more to get that.
That said, I suggest Onkyo's lower end receivers if you don't want to spend too much. They're quality at a cheaper price. I've also had good luck with cheap-o Pioneer stuff in the past. I would suggest staying away from Sony, I never had much luck with their home audio lines; although I've had 4+ head units for car audio from them and at least 2 amps and a sub over the years.
I personally use Harmon Kardon receivers, but at $500+ I'm not sure they're the best option for a budget setup.
Prices have come down dramatically in the past 2 years or so. You can now pickup 5.1 receivers for VERY cheap.
That said, there are new digital signals that cannot be decoded with these budget receivers. You're mentioning 1080p; 1080p is a video resolution, not an audio compression. Digital audio is something like Dolby DTS, or Dolby Digital. 1080p is a video resolution just like 720p or 480p, and is the highest resolution commercially available. With regards to a receiver it simply means that it's able to pass this video through the receiver and into an input of the viewing device, typically a television. Since it's 1080p that means it has an HDMI hookup in the back and will act as a pass through HDMI Switch. At $150 it will NOT decode the digital sound over the HDMI cable, you typically need to spend $400 or more to get that.
That said, I suggest Onkyo's lower end receivers if you don't want to spend too much. They're quality at a cheaper price. I've also had good luck with cheap-o Pioneer stuff in the past. I would suggest staying away from Sony, I never had much luck with their home audio lines; although I've had 4+ head units for car audio from them and at least 2 amps and a sub over the years.
I personally use Harmon Kardon receivers, but at $500+ I'm not sure they're the best option for a budget setup.
Onkyo and harmon kardon are also good choices as well.
08-24-2008, 12:23 PM
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