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Basic bluray player & receiver questions

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fwestern753

Hello
I am also considering a basic blu ray player and a receiver. Is 7.1 worth the extra $$ verus a 5.1? Should I stay in the pioneer line or should I consider something from panasonic or? I was also thinking about the 425 zvox speaker bar or some other speaker bar. I am unable to do a proper surround I do not want to send much on the receiver because this will not be my main music system.

Thank you for any thoughts/suggestions on this
Frank

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RE: Basic bluray player & receiver questions - racerguy 10:18:31 04/25/09 (0)
If the room is small, 7.1 is not very useful. If you're "unable to do a proper surround," as you say, 7.1 is not useful. In the low end, amplification power and quality tends to be poor. The more channels a low-end receiver is required to support, the less power and quality each individual channel will have. So, in the low end, a 5.1 receiver is likely to be better than a similar-cost 7.1 receiver.
RE: Basic bluray player & receiver questions - Ben Van Dyk 10:05:33 04/25/09 (1)
depends on if you want the extra speakers.the new rec. have the newer dpllx decoder or what ever its called.look into that if you like it get the 7.1
dvd audio
& multichannel sacds rule
- RE: Basic bluray player & receiver questions - Ben Van Dyk 23:40:28 04/25/09 (0)
  sorry I did not read your post right.You want a speaker bar.I would go with racerguy suggestion:}
  ive read that rec manufacures are trading more features for amp wattage.listing both amps at same wattage.but the cheaper one is really only 75 watts.they explained how its done.I did not understand it.they said to look at the more expensive one the amps should be close to same size & wt.
  I looked at my 2 onkyos there abought 5 years old made the same year one is 5.1 the other 7.1 the 7.1 is alittle bit bigger.the 7.1 is only mabe 5lbs heavyer.there both 100 watts.they sound the same.so I think they have the same amps in them.hope this helps.
  dvd audio & multichannel sacds rule

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