need new reciever

[mwerling1212 1]

Im in need of a new home theater reciever for my room. My older sony reciever finally gave out the other day, and i cant stand listening to my games and movies through my tv speakers! I dont have too much money to spend on one(roughly $200). I found a couple Harman Kardon HK AVR 247's on ebay that were going for a good price, and i was wondering if that reciever will suit my setup. If not, could someone point me in the right direction? I have Polk monitor 50 floorstanders, polk r15 rears, and a Polk CS1 center. Its manly 50% games, 25% music, and 25% movies. thanks

Edited November 5, 2009 by mwerling1212

[mwerling1212 1]

Anyone have input on this reciever? I need to get one before call of duty mw2 comes out!

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

I have not used that unit, but I have not heard any negative reviews on HK receivers. Are there any certain features other then a 5.1?

[mwerling1212 1]

here are the features:

EzSet/EQ™ automated setup (microphone supplied)

Graphic on-screen display with HDMI, component, composite and S-video

Two-line dot-matrix front-panel display

Color-coded connections

Programmable 11-device main remote control

Source input renaming

A/V Sync Delay

RS-232 serial port for system upgrades

Switched accessory power outlet

Remote infrared (IR) input and output

Multiroom IR input

The AVR 247 is Simplay HD-verified for compatibility via the HDMI connection with other Simplay HD-verified products.

Audio Section

50 Watts x 7, seven channels driven at full power at 8 ohms, 20Hz – 20kHz, <0.07% THD (surround modes), 350 watts total

65 Watts x 2, two channels driven at full power at 8 ohms, 20Hz – 20kHz, <0.07% THD (surround off mode), 130 watts total

High-current capability, ultrawide-bandwidth amplifier design with low negative feedback

All-discrete amplifier circuitry

Dual independent power supplies, for front and surround channels

Quadruple-crossover bass management

24-Bit, twin-core Cirrus Logic® CS 49510 DSP processor with 32-bit postprocessor

192kHz/24-bit D/A conversion

Sampling upconversion to 96kHz

Surround Modes

Dolby® Digital EX

Dolby Pro Logic® II and IIx (Movie, Music and Game)

Dolby Virtual Speaker version 2 (Reference two- or three-speaker; wide two-, three-, four- or five-speaker)

Dolby Headphone Version 2

DTS® (5.1; DTS stereo; DTS-ES® 6.1 discrete and matrix)

DTS 96/24™ (DTS stereo)

DTS Neo:6® (Cinema 3-, 5- or 6-channel; music 5- or 6-channel)

Logic 7® (cinema, music and enhance – 5.1 and 7.1)

Hall 1 and Hall 2 (5- or 6-channel)

Theater (5- or 6-channel)

5- or 7-Channel stereo

Surround Off (DSP or analog bypass)

Audio Inputs

AM/FM/XM®* tuner

CD

Tape

6-/8-Channel direct

/DMP for iPod** connectivity with audio/video playback Audio/Video Inputs (With S-Video)

4 composite video, video 4 (on front panel)

DVD

Three assignable 100MHz component video inputs

Simplay HD™-verified HDMI™ 1 and 2 (with audio/video processing and 1080p pass-through)

DCDi® by Faroudja video processing

Transcodes composite and S-video to component video

Transcodes 480i video to HDMI format, with upscaling up to 720p

Upgraded graphic text-based on-screen displays

Digital Audio Inputs

Coaxial: two rear-panel/one front-panel

Optical: two rear-panel/one front-panel

Outputs

7.1-Channel preamp outputs

Tape (analog audio)

Video 1 (analog audio and video)

Video monitor (composite, S-video and component)

Digital audio (one coaxial, one optical

[todd.brust 29]

Hk has always been good quality stuff. I'd go with it, especially for that price.

[mwerling1212 1]

thanks for the help once again guys!