Hi sifus,

my friend want to buy avr below RM5.5k, between the 2 brand which one do you all prefer?
pls give ur suggestion & which model & how much?

This post has been edited by jmdibr: Jun 5 2009, 12:03 AM

With that budget, can at least get the Yamaha RX1900 (Rm 3+++)

The yamaha amps are literally "idiot" prove (setup wise), so VERY suitable for me!!

General rule of thumb, if watch a lot of music and then listen to some music, Yamaha is the way to go (cost wise)

But of watching movie < listening to music, then suggest Denon amps.

You cannot tell much difference when using Yamaha and Denon when watching movie, but when it comes to listening to music....

Not familiar AT ALL with the Onkyos

For movie go for Onkyo.......lotsa of raw power. Go for Onkyo 876 ( Rm5.5k & below ). Lotsa of feature & power & lotsa of setting to do also. The manual is 190pg!
He! He! If u do buy Onkyo avr do connect it with Panasonic product as it work perfectly with Panny Viera Link. Every HT component will be in 'auto mote'.
Now if u also use it for music then perhaps Yammy will do. Personally I prefer Onkyo due to its feature & power & to me it is value for money. Just my peasant opinion. Do listen kaw kaw to both brand first before u buy. Happy avr shopping!

for movie only

Of coz Onkyo 876..... more 'boomin' movie experience

Then in my humble opinion, a good Yamaha amp will do it for u

Ease of setup

Kind to match with speakers

and with a good subwoofer, can BOOM also!!

Note that after you first setup, a 40 hours run in is usually recommended before the sound "opens" up

You'll "get it" once you set things up and run it for about 40 hours

Go for onkyo* - value for $$$ in terms of relevant features, wattage, functionality & support M'sia made product

Since u use it more for movie then onkyo pwn yammie in movies; if music then marantz pwn yammie in music, if you like good looks/ GUI then Denon/ HK pwn yammie.
If you like to play around w. DSP then get yammie






* disclaimer : I'm an Onkyo user and proud of it

haha I have to agree with that one ...yammy is crazy with DSP...donno what is for what also

For movie audio quality i've always believe Yamaha does it slightly better ... until i meet this brand Harmon Kardon, recently
With your budget, you should buy the Harmon Kardon AVR 355 !
All HD audio codecs supported, distintive look, strikingly lighted up in dark and even the remote controller itself lighted with white colour.
I've owned Yamaha, Onkyo, Denon and Marantz AV Receiver before ... but this is another class of its own !
http://www.harmankardon.com/product_detail...355/230&sType=C

Only 65W per channel? Not many use HK here I think. Expensive?

Do not under estimate their wattage rating ... its 65W/70W is the true wattage type ... i think equivalent to 110 to 130 wattage
AVR255 around 3k and AVR355 less than 4k

i knew a guy who sells these HK in ampang park, but the last visit i made there the shop has closed down.

none above mentioned are bad .. they all have its own strength. I've only been using a yammy and have no complaints about them. as for it's DSP modes I've never used them at all.

Wattage are just on papers, but my 1800 has never gone tired before even after movies and music for an extend of around whole day i guess.

thanks for all suggestions..anyone want to add???

I heard Onkyo will launch new model to replace current model..
if you check at the Onkyo product website, the TX SR307, TX SR507 and TX SR607 are in listed and I believe some of model like TX SR806 and TX SR876 will be replace in this Oct with a lot of improvement.

One of the shop in Penang is having Onkyo TX-SR706 selling at discount now.. I knew as I am in the middle of deciding Marantz SR6003 vs TX-SR706 with the Marantz still at RM300 more then the other.

Hmm.. looks like i should check out Yamaha also since so many recommending it.

how much onkyo 706 in penang & which shop?

Bro, mind to share the price of SR6003 and SR706.

jmdibr and gocitygo
Oops.. sorry that didn't notices on the last questions.. but not sure still useful or not. It was 3.6k for the 6003 and 706.. i kind of forgotten already and after so many months.. the prizing probably no longer valid. Sorry for the late reply.

The shop i went with 706 is CMY at Gurney and the shop i went for the 6003 is Watts HiFi at Jalan Perak and Star Buy at Raja Uda.

This post has been edited by bbear: Oct 26 2009, 12:17 AM

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