Best Amp Under £200

[adamferg1000]

Hi

I am looking at an amp for under £200, i will be connecting the amp to my pc/ps3/cd player & my Sony Bravia tv. Was wondering what the best options are, i have been told that the Yamaha RX-V361 & RX-V363 are good options.
What are other people opions

Cheers

 

[UnGreat]

I'm in the same boat as my cheap surround i've had a few years has just died. Richer sounds has the V361 for £120 and digitaldirect the V363 for £179.

In my case it's for a bedroom with the setup in my sig.

 

[rwniel]

Up to a short while ago I would have said the Yamaha DSP-AX761, but it's becoming increasingly harder to find meaning the price has risen; it's otherwise a good match with the PS3 specifically (since it has the ability to take the decoded blu-ray formats such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA along with uncompressed PCM over hdmi). If you don't need to buy now you might want to consider waiting for the Sony STR-DG720. Otherwise of current models of av amps/receivers, the Cambridge Audio Azur range are worth looking at (- the 540R for example) as is the Onkyo SR505.

Depending on the output connections on your pc, analogue multi-channel sound inputs on the amp would be advantageous (- in that case one reason to consider the Cambridge Audio over the Onkyo). If your pc has either optical or coaxial digital output then that won't be required.

Robert

 

[UnGreat]

Up to a short while ago I would have said the Yamaha DSP-AX761, but it's becoming increasingly harder to find meaning the price has risen; it's otherwise a good match with the PS3 specifically (since it has the ability to take the decoded blu-ray formats such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA along with uncompressed PCM over hdmi). If you don't need to buy now you might want to consider waiting for the Sony STR-DG720. Otherwise of current models of av amps/receivers, the Cambridge Audio Azur range are worth looking at (- the 540R for example) as is the Onkyo SR505.

Depending on the output connections on your pc, analogue multi-channel sound inputs on the amp would be advantageous (- in that case one reason to consider the Cambridge Audio over the Onkyo). If your pc has either optical or coaxial digital output then that won't be required.

Robert

That STR-DG720 looks good, any idea what the UK price will be?

 

[Andeh]

Just for the record, im in the same boat & will be keeping an eye on this thread to see what comes up!

cheers for the response guys

 

[UnGreat]

Just for the record, im in the same boat & will be keeping an eye on this thread to see what comes up!

cheers for the response guys

Seems Sony are coming out with budget units soon. As a previous poster mentioned the Sony STR-DG720 looks good and hopefully shouldn't be to expensive (£180 maybe?). 1080p HDMI, 7.1 among other features looks good.

 

[rwniel]

That STR-DG720 looks good, any idea what the UK price will be?

I'm expecting it to be 'around £200'. It'll therefore take over as the least expensive av receiver able to accept LPCM surround sound over its hdmi connection (i.e. a good match with the PS3 as a blu ray player providing performace turns out to be acceptable). Depending on ability, the STR-DG820 may turn out to be better value though.

Robert