Gonna buy my dad an amp to go with the dlp tv we have for his birthday.
What one would you recomend? looking to spend around £350/400 max

been looking at some denon, yamaha and sony ones which look and sound quite cool but not sure what one to go for?

needs to have a tuner aswell, everything will be running through it ie tv, dvd etc etc.

cheers
benn

 

yamaha are normally a good bet but then so are sony, so much choice try www.avforums.com
always good advice on there mate

 

If he's running his doovdé and lukadah tuv through it, make sure it is ready for the hudd. i recommend the joovc models.

does he still use vuuhhs? he may need inputs for that too.

 

Benn, we have just bought the Onkyo SR674SE Av Amp/Receiver. It has just been superseded by the 605/705 models, so is excellent value for money if you can still get one. Was a £500 amp when they came out, we paid £299 a few weeks ago.

Has Zone-2 function for running a second pair of speakers in another room from an independant source amongst other great features.

 

Ben - I have just taken delivery of a Yamaha RX-V657 7.1 amp to bench test against my Sony, which I may well be selling on depending on the outcome.....

As new condition, only a year old - £150 collected (gonna cost a lot to post as it weighs a TONNE). I paid £150 for it at the weekend, so if I sell it I just want to make my money back, not make any money on it....

See here;

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/p...roduct_ID/2502

I can tell you already that is is SO easy to use - you get a little mic with it - plug it in and press setup, then choose auto set up.. Sit back and in a couple mins it's done - nothing else to do! It does all the speaker tests (to work out how many speakers you have - 5.1, 7.1, etc) and how far apart they are, etc etc.... Done....

I just need to find out if it's gonna thump the shit otu of my Missions enough in 2ch mode, or if I need to carry on with a dedicated 2ch stereo amp for them....

BTW, still has Richer Sounds warrenty on it till 2009 - and if no claim is made, send the warrent sheet back to them and they give you £49.99 back