Treated myself to a new AV Amp

[bobbarley]

Got a lot of overtime coming in from work, so thought I deserved a treat for all my hard graft.

http://www.whathifi.com/review/rx-v373



Should do a good job of replacing my aging old Pioneer VSX D510.  Will pair nicely with my Tannoy speakers as well I think 

[bobbarley]

Despite the fact no one cares, it seems quite good! I need to test it out properly with an empty house though 

[DubFan]

What was wrong with the Pioneer? Apart from the obvious lack of HDMI.

[bobbarley]

Well HDMI aside, it spent a lot of time switched on and would get very, VERY hot!  Pioneer has been relegated to the bedroom now and will have occasional use when listening to records and stuff 

[WadGTI]

Looks awesome.

I have a Onkyo one got a few years back with HDMI swicthing. Really good but as stated can get hot and swicth its self off for safety.

Doesn't help when you have a key covering the top of the unit up 

[sharki786]

Looks nice. I have a mordaunt short active sub hiding away. Pm me if your interesed. I only used it for a few hrs and then moved house. So its not realy worn in 

[bobbarley]

I have the Yamaha plugged into a Yamaha sub and tannoy speakers. Works really well 

[sharki786]

I have the Yamaha plugged into a Yamaha sub and tannoy speakers. Works really well 

Tannoys are good. I remember when i was young and me and my cousin used to go to music matters and richer sounds. Thats all we did in our spare time lol. We then used to buy what hifi at the end he spent 1500 and got 2 paradime? Passive subwoofers with mission shelf speakers with a NAD amp and technics eq. That shizzle rocked the show. I used to love going to his just to listen to the music (beach ball) lol

[Shady Pioneer]

I got a Onkyo R390 which came with Onkyo speakers, it's a passive sub and satellite speakers but the sound from the whole system is phenomenal. So much better than previous cheap all in ones I've had.

I will eventually upgrade the unit to a better unit and then I will look at separate speakers but for now this is more than adequate. Excellent clear sound, great features and great bass! Love blasting on the tunes during pre-piss ups. Thankfully I have no one that lives above or below me. 

[bobbarley]

My first set up I had a budget of £200 for the amp, speakers and sub.

Pioneer Amp - £30
Tannoy fronts - £50
Sub -£30
Tannoy rears - £50
Tannoy centre - £30

More or less.

I did ok overall. Brilliant sound on a budget. The Amp was a total steal, guy was advertising it on avforum. £30 for someone looking to get into AV.  He didn't care about the money. I drove down to collect it. He explained all about the Amp, put fresh Duracell batteries in the remote and posted the manual to me once he found it!