can't make up my mind which one to buy..

amar · Post by **amar** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:37 am

this one?
http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/rece ... XV2500.htm

or this one?
http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=TX- ... ceiver&p=i

tough choice...

advice?

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:03 am

If they have a red one then that's what I'd buy.

amar · Post by **amar** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:06 am

sorry, no red.

amar · Post by **amar** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:19 am

maybe this forum is not the ideal place to ask such questions...but...you never know...

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:36 am

Try the hardware forum at Hydrogen Audio.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:36 am

Buy the one on the bottom. All the buttons and dials are proportionally sized (most of them the same!) and they are all neatly organized, like little soldiers all in a row, and it is a foxacious black with a nifty blue edge on that dial to the right. It will be as functionally correct inside as it is outside.

The one on top is clearly the product of a disorganized mind. The dials are all differing sizes, like they tried to use up spare parts, and they're just all over the place. It's also silver. Reminds me of a guy I dated once. He had a Corvette and a stereo that was silver, and not much else that did any good.

Yup, you want the black one.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:39 am

Peggy wrote:it is a foxacious black

foxacious? Wow, that new avatar has worked wonders.

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 5:15 pm

amar wrote:this one?
http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/rece ... XV2500.htm

or this one?
http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=TX- ... ceiver&p=i

tough choice...

advice?

Dude, what are you looking at that solid state junk for? Buy yourself a good tube amp and get down with those glorious even ordered harmonics bro!

Loren

Random notes · Post by **Random notes** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:58 pm

Onkyo, definitely. They are very solidly built and have an excellent reputation among the cognoscenti (one of which I am not) and you are not paying for the Yahaha name. I have an Onkyo tuner, TX-SR501, and it has a real heft due to the shielding and the heavy duty power supply. It is my understanding that the Onkyo is good enough to use as a core for an extensive system but it suits my purposes as it stands. It ain't "feature rich", but as far as I am concerned the features it lacks are just more dials and lights to amuse the simple. I bought mine a couple of years ago and could find nothing close to it for the price. Caveat: I am not an audio/technophile - I just did quite a bit of shopping before going for the Onkyo.

Also, the classic black finish is subtle yet impressive - it bespeaks someone for whom the sound of a sound system is the heart of its value.

IMHO, YMMV, etc., etc., etc.

Roger

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:59 pm

I think you should buy the pretty one

fancypiper · Post by **fancypiper** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:36 pm

I have an older Onkyo that just plain old works and has worked for a long time. I blew out my speakers AR-3s tweaters, so I am using cheaper speakers. Put your big money in speakers, skimp on reciever/amplifier if needed.

amar · Post by **amar** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:27 am

Loren, i've been on the home-cinema, dolby stereo/prologic/digital/thx band-wagon since the very start! And that is where i shall stay.

Sunnywindo · Post by **Sunnywindo** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:48 pm

Peggy wrote:Buy the one on the bottom. All the buttons and dials are proportionally sized (most of them the same!) and they are all neatly organized, like little soldiers all in a row, and it is a foxacious black with a nifty blue edge on that dial to the right. It will be as functionally correct inside as it is outside.

The one on top is clearly the product of a disorganized mind. The dials are all differing sizes, like they tried to use up spare parts, and they're just all over the place. It's also silver. Reminds me of a guy I dated once. He had a Corvette and a stereo that was silver, and not much else that did any good.

Yup, you want the black one.

izzarina wrote:I think you should buy the pretty one

My first thought (not knowing anything much about such things) was to buy the shiney one! Is this a female thing... this sort of reply based on soley on visual review? Mmmmmm.....

(BTW, good luck on the future purchase there Amar.)

Sara

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:17 pm

amar wrote:Loren, i've been on the home-cinema, dolby stereo/prologic/digital/thx band-wagon since the very start! And that is where i shall stay.

Fine (if movies are your thing), but I still say skip the rice amps and buy yerself a McIntosh Solid State, if you insist on having all that digital malarkey

Loren

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:24 pm

Yamaha makes terrific recorders, so I'd imagine their audio equipment is good too...

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