Can anyone give me any suggestions for a quality surround receiver for someone on a budget. All I'm really looking for is digital surround sound for my movies and games (PS3). Any recommendations?
Do you have the speakers already?
Do you want 5.1 or 7.1?
Also what is your full budget for the receiver and speakers, it will make it easier to recommend the optimum set up for you
Can anyone give me any suggestions for a quality surround receiver for someone on a budget. All I'm really looking for is digital surround sound for my movies and games (PS3). Any recommendations?
I second onkyo. Cheap, loads of feature. You want a good receiver, it's the hub of your sound and will do all the decoding. Had some great features that will help level the sound
Well I went ahead and purchased this....
Which speakers do you have? How big is the room? Lets us know this and how well you thing the combination works
I'm partial to Onkyo receivers. Here is the Amazon (US) model that suits your needs:
http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-TX-NR51...ef=sr_1_5?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1341333583&sr=1-5
I have the 8255 which is a simple stereo receiver (all that I really wanted), and I really love how Onkyo (and Integra) receivers/amps sound. I didn't realize until looking at this one how well they seem to integrate with Apple products (the remote is preprogrammed to work with Apple TV!).
Speakers are a big variable in this equation, of course.