Hope that budget amp sounds as good as RX-V1800.

There's another latest model from Yammy, RX-V863, around RM3K plus but lacking an Anchor Bay ABT1010 scaler chip (from RX-V1800) but for a few hundred ringgit more, better get RX-V1800 unless you don't need an upscaling thingy.

I found out that Yamaha RX-V1800 / RX-V3800 & Denon AVR-2808 / AVR-3808 are both using Burr-Brown PCM1791 DACs for all channels and not the latest Burr Brown PCM1792 (used in Onkyo SR805) with a signal to noise ration around 123db.

Of course, I'm not saying PCM1791 is inferior lah but potong steam mah when you spend so much and not getting the latest DAC pulak. Of course, my current budget now is for a RX-V1800 the most, can't afford Onkyo SR805 to be honest. Headache.

Many amps using Burr Brown but we must need to know which Burr Brown DAC, PCM1791, PCM1792 or the latest PCM1796 used in Onkyo 805. That's the problem. Very true, the retail price not accurate, sometimes might be a lot cheaper.

I think if you wanna curi, better curi RX-V3800 lah.

If Yamaha got any missing Z11 from the factory, I know it's you.

Dun lah pijak him like that ....... tak baik macam tu. RX very loyal to his wife one. Must respect him.

Charm ....... you guys went overboard liao.

At least they don't censor your avatar, better than nothing.

Hope to see more budget ones as the current next gen AV receivers cost an arm and a leg. Of course, most importantly a problem free blu-ray player at a decent price.

They better do since the PS3 sucks .... very poor game lineup, have not been using my PS3 for gaming lately, it will never match the success of their PS2 console. Luckily, it's a decent blu-ray player, one of its saving grace but for the XBOX 360, it's a good gaming machine but a poor HD-DVD player in terms of PQ and SQ. Terbalik.

As a gaming console, PS3 is a letdown but as a Blu-Ray player, it's fantastic, the start up time is better than the best standalone blu-ray players in the market.

That's cheap, last time I remembered paying RM120 plus for HK singers on SACD and around RM80 plus for Eagles Hell Freezes Over DVD-Audio.

That's cheap, I bought my REM Greatest Hits DVD-A from Artist Gallery at RM60 plus after their 11% discount for members.

What's ur budget for the subwoofer?

There are a few models from Yamaha and Pioneer below RM1K but I'll recommend Nbien, it's around RM1.2K, made in Malaysia also but the sound is quite okay for a budget round, it's less boomy than Yamaha and it goes pretty loud. Nbien won a few awards overseas for their speakers, it's not a 'Cap Ayam' brand but it's no REL or Velodyne killer lah but the sound is acceptable. Hi-Fi Choice Penang has them in stock, I played with them briefly with my own movies and songs. Sound quality is acceptable. Can go there try try lah, dun buy nvm lah, they won't throw you out of the shop. Hahaha.

Don't worry lah, my uncle's JBL speakers are rated maximum 100 watts but his AV receiver pumps out 135 watts per channel, the speakers still boleh tahan. You don't listen until you use up all the 135 watts mah unless you watch movies at full blast.

Consultation fees mah.

Guess, we need to spray it black by ourself?

Maybe Chinese pantang black colour b'coz it looks like a miniature coffin.

Well, if got transparent version lagi chun.

Nirvana in Penang has glossy black coffins for sale, it's as glossy as Samsung's R8 LCD series. When there's demand, apa jenis warna pun got lah, maybe later got transparent one leh.