My advice would be to listen to other options. Find a dealer that will let you demo some stuff in your home, in the price range you are in, that should not be too hard. I have a 15 year old Akai top-of-the-line amp that is all Analog, which sounds better than any sub-$1000 amp I can find, I still use it. Most of the cheap 'recievers' are not that great cause they use all sorts of digital electronics, or are just built cheap. Niels.
TO upgrade or NOT, that is the question!
I have an old Onkyo Tx-7000 90wpc. reciever that is 15 yrs. old. This was the top of the line model at that time. My question is would i get better sound quality from a newer integrated amp? I just listen to music cd's, no ht or surround. My system is Klipsch reference 3 mains (98db.) and M+K V125 sub. Listening area is 14x21 Cd player is Sony CDP-CX210 (kinda cheap but i like it). Speaker wire Monster 12 ga. time correct, Monster Interlink 400 interconnects. Here's the kicker, i only have $500 to $600 to spend. Please give me any suggestions that would be helpful. I'm just a novice looking for advice, Thanks Please list make and model #'s if you have integrated amp suggestions please