Hey all, Moving and looking to get a little bit in to home theater. I’ve been going back and forth between the Denon AVR-1700h, the Yamaha RX-v6a. Are there other options I should be looking at?

I’d like it to be able to handle whole home audio. The SiriusXM on either of those is a big selling point for my wife. From what I’ve read the Denon is the more forum recommended, mostly because of Yamaha’s poor handling of a hardware fault, but those are mostly cleared up now. I like all the features of the Denon, but the Yamaha looks better and my lazy side likes the option for wireless surround eventually.

I keep looking at higher end systems but I’d need a really good reason to jump up with the price that comes with it.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

  • @Naberius@lemmy.worldOP
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    11 year ago

    Budget is roughly $500 to around $1200. It’s pretty flexible if there’s a really good reason. I’m also saving budget for speakers but that’s a whole other thing.

    TV is a 77inch LG G2. Multi room audio with Siriusxm is the biggest additional feature besides handling anything the TV can.

    • DominusOfMegadeus
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      1 year ago

      Welp, I’m gonna say go with the Denon X2700H (just like me). It’s a steal right now at Crutchfield, and the only advantage the new X2800H has that I can see are two more 8K HDMI inputs (so, 3 vs 1), so you’ll need to decide if that’s important to you. Compared to the S970H, it has more power, a better warranty, pre-amp multi-room support, and a bunch of cool “legacy” features that have clearly been phased out of the newer models; but who knows? They might come in handy. I also have the 77 LG C2, and it’s a dynamite combo.