Tag: Amplifiers/Receivers/Stereos News

The Onkyo TX-SR304 is a sub two hundred receiver obviously aimed at the budget market. It must have did more then one or two things right to garner its 4.5 out 5 stars. The major drawbacks, which are not that major in this budget level, are the lack of switching options, on-screen display, lack of S-Video, and no front A/V […]

These will probably be shown at CES, so I'm sure there'll be more pictures to come from this, but until then, at least it's a teaser of what you can expect down the road. Denon appears ready to announce that all of their A/V receivers for 2007 (scheduled to be released in the middle of the year) will support HDMI […]

Home Theater Blog has a quick writeup on Yamaha's upcoming RX-V2700 receiver. With well over two paragraphs dedicated to the writeup, they do give you the main information you need to know on the receiver with a good detail on the video processing chipset from Anchor Bay Technologies. From the article: The Yamaha RX-V2700 7.1 surround receiver features 140 watts […]

Onkyo has announced a couple of budget receivers that look pretty decent. The 8522 and 8222 miss a lot of the features of higher like video swtitching and scaling. However, the do make up for some of that loss with a decent price tag, iPod support,  and XM Radio compatibility. From the article: The TX-8522 delivers 100 Watts per channel […]

Going from a back to basics article to a $6k surround processor review is a bit like going from 0-60 in two seconds. However, I have the nerves of steel to do bleeding edge news coverage like this. I have yet to really think out side the integrated realm myself, but seeing quality products like the AV9 from Arcam paired […]

Listing the connection options alone on the Elite VSX-82TXS would take up a half a page. Needless to say, a $1300 receiver has all the bells and whistles you would look for. HDMI switching (scaling too), 7 digital audio connections, on screen setup, iPod support, XM support, and a host of other options you will have to read the review […]

And monkey's will fly out of my ass TV. There is no doubt that Microsoft is pushing to be a part of your livingroom and their strategy this time around is an IPTV platform. AT&T is taking their own route, while it looks like Verizon is going to partner with Microsoft's IPTV. It will be interesting to see how it […]

I am always a little bit skeptical of 2.1 systems that are marketed as replacements as 5.1 systems. No matter the tricks, its pretty hard to replace the physical speaker. However, there is still room for a quality 2.1 sound system. If you are looking for something a bit smaller for say your bedroom or den, but are still interested […]