Reviews for Best Budget Receivers

"Tell us what you like about this product...Comparing these reviews to 31164 other Receivers & Amplifiers reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 94/100 = Excellent...Tell us what you don't like about this product..." read more »

"But don't be mislead - humans have only two ears and stereo is still a significant life form.The case in point: the RX-4105...And the sound is phenomenal - as you'd expect from a company that dates its own existence to before stereo's birth.And the RX-4105 has at least one unexpected grace: the ability to independently select up to two sets of loudspeakers via the supplied remote control...Sherwood's incredibly affordable RX-4105 offers integrated preamplification and amplification, inputs for numerous audio source components, and advanced radio tuning and station access...The company has lowered the amplifier's distortion relative to the previous model (the RX-4105), to less than 0.08 percent, while also giving the receiver a new layout borrowed from its higher-end components...The amp does not have the power reserve to give you good low end sound..." read more »

"When Pure Direct engaged, the signal bypasses the tone, loudness, balance controls, and other circuit, being fed directly to the discrete power amplifier...Rather than the usual 20Hz - 20kHz frequency response, Yamaha has given the RX-497 the ability to handle frequencies from 10Hz to100kHz (1dB...Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio and other new formats will be able to output sound over this range, so the RX-497 is fully compatible with products using these formats...The RX-497 is capable of delivering large amounts of reserve power for accurate reproduction of high-energy peaks...As befits a high performance receiver, the RX-497 is designed to be suitable for use in custom installations..." read more »

"I thought the price was too good to be true (this must be a piece of junk, right?), but figured I may as well give it a shot and if I don't like it I could return it...I'm pretty happy with this receiver - the sound quality is pretty good...As I said, I have it hooked up to an iPod and my speakers aren't anything special, so I can't say for certain just how good the sound quality potential is, but in my opinion it's good enough for some iPod-sourced ambient music throughout the house..." read more »

"HDMI switching, Decent power rating at this price, 7.1 analog input, 92 kHz/24 bit audio DACs for all channels....Spring clip speaker terminals, lack of on screen setup menu...With a surprisingly low retail price, the Sherwood RD-7502 is a good choice for those looking to get into a home theater receiver without shelling out a lot of money, but also those who need some HDMI switching capability...With features such as Dolby Digital EX, Pro Logic IIx, DTS ES,..." read more »

"Tell us what you like about this product...For those models with analog-to-digital video conversion, you'll need to make sure the system also has a good video processor (just like a DVD player...Tell us what you don't like about this product..." read more »

"Great Sound, Easy To Set Up Heavy The ease in setting up the Sherwood receiver was outstanding and the remote puts the exclamation mark on it for ease of use..." read more »

"Solid sound quality for the price; relatively inexpensive given the feature set; four HDMI inputs; basic graphical user interface; onboard Dolby TrueHD...Poor image quality on upconverted analog sources; no multichannel analog input; no traditional second...The STR-DN1000 is the STR-DG920's successor, featuring a new sleek design with a glossy black finish...On the other hand, the STR-DN1000 feels like a step backward in some regards...If you can live with..." read more »

"Especially good for hooking up equalizer...Thank goodness they still make 2 channel receivers, home theater receivers just aren't as good for 2 channel music listening, no way...It is very user-friendly: good volume control with small increments..." read more »