AV receiver purchase advice
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In forums and even with dealers, you always come across how much budget you should count on which part of your hi-fi or home cinema system - from the AV receiver to the cables. Believe me, these rules are all pretty extensible and, in practice, too general to be right. The fact is, one should not mix to extreme equipment classes. An entry-level AV receiver with high-end loudspeakers does not make sense and vice versa. This also applies to the accessories, such as the cables. As a rule, product ribbons are not very good, and cheap branded goods are the right measure in most cases.
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As far as the AV receivers themselves is concerned, the test in video 10/2015 once again proved that one does not suffer with the current devices of the big brands no fault. They differ primarily in character and play qualitatively at the same price class on a similar level. What distinguishes them, however, are the different skills and above all the operating concepts.
Large subwoofer helps
Lesetipp: Onkyo TX-NR646 tested - AVR with Dolby Atmos and DTS: X
Especially the latter makes the visit of a specialist with all persons to the duty, which the plant later also to use, in order to try menus, remote control and app. This is useful, even if it costs a few more euros than with the mail order. Because nothing is as expensive as a fault!
Then you should consider beforehand exactly which loudspeaker configuration comes into question, and this can only be tested at the specialist trade practically in the demonstration. Do I want a really thick sound with large boxes, because I can then also play original cinema level and would like? Or should it be a dignified designer solution? Am I a sound or rather a quiet listener? Does immersive me immersive audio, 3D audio, with treble loudspeakers under the ceiling? Or do I spare it? Only the receiver with the appropriate decoders and a sufficient number of power amplifiers on board would be suitable.
The same applies to the number of rooms to be sounded. If it's all about the living room or cinema, it works with all devices. If the music and perhaps even video is to be used in the kitchen or the bedroom, you need an AV receiver that manages these zones and provides outputs and controls for the additional zones.
A lot of schindluder is driven with the advertising with the performances of AV receivers. The are unfortunately all very relative. And the performance in Watts deceives the layman more than really comes out, because volume works logarithmically, performance linear. Only twice the power results in a gain of almost 3 decibels.
An amplifier with 110 watts is in practice just as loud as one with 120. Only if the 220 watts delivered, just 3dB more would come out. Also the possible total power, that is, when all power amplifiers have a lot to do, limit the manufacturers for cost and thermal reasons. Take a look at the power rating on the rated power! More than given, can not get back together.
One or two active subwoofers are used correctly, much more than the thicker amplifiers in the receiver. The more you distribute the load on the subwoofer (configure speakers to "Small"), the less the receiver power amplifiers need, and the speakers may be smaller. What also affects the purchasing decision now is the streaming capabilities of the receiver. If you already use a streaming service such as Spotify or Google Play, it is quite useful if the AV receiver supports it directly.
If it does not, you have to use another client, for example, in a tablet, and then stream the audio signal via Bluetooth or WiFi. Almost all receivers today also have a DLNA-enabled Mediaplayer on board, which generally sounds better than external music sources. If you would like to indulge in your music, you should rip your collection into a loss-free file format or buy the downloads, for example in HiRes-FLAC. Do not buy blindly on points, make a checklist and visit your dealer.
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