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Posted by michaelb on July 14, 2000 at 16:53:25:

In Reply to: newbie needs advice on receivers posted by BB6 on July 14, 2000 at 12:10:33:

BB6,
You may want to check out www.soundcity.com or www.crutchfield.com. They sometimes have good deals on Denon or Sony recievers in your price range.
There are two other options:
1. Buy used. I picked up a used Pioneer Elite VSX-07 for .00 on ebay. The original price was close to $1200.00
2. Outlaw Audio makes a great entry level model for $600.00. I know this is above your price range, but the extra 100.00 spent would be worh it.

A word of advice: Most recievers are rated into 8 ohm speaker loads. Make sure the speakers you will be using are rated into 8 ohms, not 6 or 4.

Good luck, Michael