>home theater receiver thread
does /g/ into receivers? what are the meme receivers to have for 2016? i know nothing about them but my roommate is moving out and taking his receiver with him so i need to get one fairly soon. if nobody answers i'm basing this off all those fake amazon reviews
7.1 vs 5.1? brand of choice? mandatory features?
apparently /g/ doesn't into receivers
Take the "cheapest" receiver that has the features you need, no need for unknown brands, just the cheapest model of a good brand. Yamaha is good. The higher end stuff, audiophile crap, is placebo. A very niche segment with fat profits.
>>54486238
Avoid sound processing, go with the cheapest that has enough power for your speakers, and that has HDMI, it's much better to do DSP's on your PC
Older models are great too, as long as they can take LPCM over HDMI
Also, Dolby Atmos is literally a meme
Oh, and if you don't need more than 2 channels go with a nice vintage receiver
Denon makes some of the best receivers out there. Make sure that what you're buying or using can be set to use whatever the source signal is for audio.
7.1 is great if you have the room for it, but it's really only good for home theater paired with blu-ray. Do not do 7.1 if you are going to stream all of your movies because I don't know of any service that offers anything higher than 5.1.
Generally, you're going to want to buy a receiver specifically tailored to what your needs are. Figure out the speakers you want to use first and then look into a receiver that is going to work well with them.
I use a Denon 7.2 receiver, although I only have 1 subwoofer right now.
>>54487950
I have a 15 year old Denon receiver that still works flawlessly. Love it.
