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Recommendations for a used Receiver

I will be using the AVR purely (only) as a Multi-Analog In component.

- 5.1 or higher.

- 80wpc or higher.

- superior volume control.

- brands that have better competency with their amplification products, in other words, put more emphasis on amplification and isolation/separation of the analog circuit, with their AVR products.

Budget is $1K max, though I'd like to be around $500 ideally, if possible (in used prices).

Primary and essential goal is maximizing sound quality, mainly for movies.

Since the unit will be a used sample, brand/item reliability and longevity is obviously important.

Thanks.
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B&K AVR-305,307,505,507. NAD receivers sound great also.

Bill
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I have a NAD T773 receiver from the mid 2000's and truly could not be more pleased. 52LBS + beast with dual(stacked) toroidal transformers to handle most any load. Great sounding leaning to the warm side of neutral with plenty of bass and very good detail. One caveat, high noise floor with high sensitivity speakers(Klipsch in my case at 99dB)but add just a little volume and it washes out. I am using it as a pre/pro only powering the surrounds and letting a 2-channel B&K handle the fronts and a 3-channel B&K(used as a monoblock)to power the center.

Believe me, this NAD would have no problem running a full HT setup with it's own internal amps. Great multichannel analog with BD to handle the new HD audio codecs.

Bill
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Here is a NAD T763 receiver which is one model below my T773. Very musical with plenty of power(true specs) to go around. No affiliation with ad.

http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?miscrcvr&1302808202&/Nad-T763-very-clean
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