Reviews for Receivers under $200

"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 »

"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 »

"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 »

"If you've been looking for receivers in this price range you know there isn't a huge variety so with that in mind I would recommend this receiver over any other similar priced model with the Onkyo being the exception...For the money you can't go wrong, everything I play sounds very good and there is no distortion even when turningthe volume up considerably loud...If you are on the fence about this, do what i did, buy it and try it out and if you don't think it is worth the price you can always return it, that's the great thing about Amazon, no hassles!! Anyway, I highly recommend the Sony STR-DH100..." read more »

"Unfortunately, the initial press releases are light on details, but here's what we know so far...Tell us what you like about this product...Tell us what you don't like about this product..." read more »

"The bad news is that this situation always involves making compromises...The good news is there are receivers like the Pioneer VSX-517 out there that offer a great list of features for very little money...If you are willing to settle for a nice little home theater room with a 5.1 speaker system and you aren't looking for something that can decode high-resolution audio from HDMI-equipped source components, this receiver could be a great fit for your needs..." read more »

"TIC's weatherproof AMP10 is designed to be used exclusively outdoors at the beach, for block parties, by the pool, or for tailgating at games...Included with the AMP10 is a 12 VDC switching power supply that runs off of 100 to 240 VAC, a cigarette lighter power adapter, two 6 ft..." read more »

"The Yamaha RX-V363 5.1 channel home cinema amplifier makes use of its four SCENE buttons to make operating the receiver easier than ever...The Yamaha RX-V363 receiver is capable of delivering large amounts of reserve power for accurate reproduction of the high energy peaks that are especially prevalent in digital audio sources..." read more »

"Good sound and build quality for the price...The highs are good, the mids are...CHEAP, NICE LOOKING, EASY TO USE HORRIBLE SOUND QUALITY, POTENTIALLY LETHAL FOR SPEAKERS Overall the reciever is very user friendly, possibly one of it's few good qualities..." read more »