WTB: Slim (<4.5") 5.1 Surround Receiver with (Ideally) Multi-Zones
Hey there,
tl;dr: I need a short/slim surround-sound receiver that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
Long Version: My dad's building a house and unfortunately let the cabinet guy dictate how big to make the equipment slots in the entertainment center -- which meant he buggered it all up and made it too short.
My dad wants to have a 5.1 surround-sound setup, but obviously doesn't have room for most receivers.
Panasonic used to make slim receivers (SA-XR700, SA-XR57K, SA-XR55S, SA-XR45 for example), but they don't anymore unless you buy a home-theater-in-a-box setup, which I'm trying to avoid because of the proprietary speaker connectors (he has speaker wire in the walls).
My dad won't have much to hook up to it: His Dish Network Tuner (which will do HDMI or optical), his DVD Player (which will do HDMI or RCA digital, i think), his Wii (obviously RCA stereo plugs, and entirely optional), and his TV audio out, which is RCA plug digital (which would make the Wii plug redundant, as the TV will send that audio to the receiver -- tested that on my receiver at home). So basically he only needs a few digital plugs, and they don't have to HDMI (he's used to switching inputs on the TV for video -- no sense in changing that). But he just doesn't have a whole lot of space (lots of depth, width, just no height).
There are a couple receivers that are out there that will fit, like Marantz NR1501, Sherwood R-904N, or Yamaha YMC-500BL, but I'm not looking to spend that kind of money if I can avoid it.
He's already pre-wired other rooms in the house for speakers, it'd be ideal if the thing could do multi-zone as well.
Anybody have any things they might be getting rid of because they're upgrading?
Heatware references under "orty". I'm new here, but was recommended to try looking here from another forum.
Thanks!
-Jake
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14th February 2011, 12:21 AM
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