Which A/V receiver would you buy
June 22, 2010 1:48 PM Subscribe
Question for any audiophiles out there - I am looking at buying a used A/V receiver (5.1) and have narrowed my search down to two particular models (both priced about the same)...one is a NAD T742 and the other is an Onkyo Integra DTR 4.6.....any advice as to which one would make the best one for use in a home theatre system.
Added info - front speakers are Mission 700's, Paradigm sub woofer and rear are Paradigm Titans. I know that these receivers are not the latest & greatest on the market but I am confident that either one will provide great sound but I might as well get the best one of these two.
Best answer: NAD has a pretty bad reliability record compared to Onkyo. Also, even though the NAD is pretty well known for quality 2 channel sound home theater isn't its forte. I've used Onkyo in the past and thought they were a good compromise between 2 channel and 5.1.
posted by white_devil at 2:54 PM on June 22, 2010
posted by white_devil at 2:54 PM on June 22, 2010
I'm not sure if this supports or contradicts white_devil said, but I bought a fairly high-end 2-channel sound system about 15 years ago, with all NAD electronics, and it has worked fine that whole time. I've always kinds of sneered at that Onkyo shit as strictly "mid-fi", whereas I was a proper "hi-fi" snob, albeit at the extreme low end.
Yeah, I spent a year reading Stereophile. Cue tired comments about expensive cables.
posted by intermod at 8:02 PM on June 22, 2010
Yeah, I spent a year reading Stereophile. Cue tired comments about expensive cables.
posted by intermod at 8:02 PM on June 22, 2010
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