Suggest a Budget AV Receiver

I have Narrowed Down to the two receivers that are the cheapest available Pioneer VSX 323 K and Yamaha RX v373

Pioneer VSX 323 K 22.7k
VSX-323-K |

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Yamaha RX v373 27.5k
RX-V373 - '73 Series Receivers - Yamaha - India

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Both of them are pretty much the same.
I will buy the receiver first and speakers later.

Go for Yamaha. The auto mic setup will help calibrating the system easy.

baiju said:
Go for Yamaha. The auto mic setup will help calibrating the system easy.

do you think thats the only advantage at a cost of extra 4k? pioneer has the same feature but you have to buy the mic

I just auditioned and helped my brother get the RX-V 373. Its the best receiver this side of 30K. Get it eyes closed. It sounds awesome from surround panning to depth to subtlety to attack it has it all. Just match the speakers correctly. Give that Pioneer a miss. I heard all while gettinh it that Pioneer to Onkyo and the Denon. Only the Denon was as good musically.But that Yamaha is an all rounder,superb.

The Incinerator said:
I just auditioned and helped my brother get the RX-V 373. Its the best receiver this side of 30K. Get it eyes closed. It sounds awesome from surround panning to depth to subtlety to attack it has it all. Just match the speakers correctly. Give that Pioneer a miss. I heard all while gettinh it that Pioneer to Onkyo and the Denon. Only the Denon was as good musically.But that Yamaha is an all rounder,superb.

Hmm... I will have to shell out 8k more for this.

Gollum said:
Hmm... I will have to shell out 8k more for this.

You better do that since you wont be buying an AV receiver every three months. The RX-V 373 can be bought for Rs 25K or lil less if you can bargain.

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Wow that thing is a beauty

I think I should Update this thread.
I bought my home theatre in parts.

First up: AV receiver.
Yamaha HTR 3067
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Polk Audio TSX 150C center speaker
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Polk Audio TSX 110b Satellites
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Yamaha Subwoofer
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This is how my setup looks like. yes its a bit messy.
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Wooohhhhh....soundasm......take my kidney...i want that setup....

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Are u using some kind of surge arrestor or the UPS?

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adityagupta said:
Wooohhhhh....soundasm......take my kidney...i want that setup....

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The sound is thunderous
Shakes the whole building.
The Polk speakers are so powerful that I don't even need a subwoofer.

Next up is a polk Sub woofer and polk floor standing speakers. Need to save around 47k for that. as the floor standers will cost 30k and subwoofer will cost 17k.
Maybe I will get those in 2017.
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Gollum said:
The sound is thunderous
Shakes the whole building.
The Polk speakers are so powerful that I don't even need a subwoofer.

Next up is a polk Sub woofer and polk floor standing speakers. Need to save around 47k for that. as the floor standers will cost 30k and subwoofer will cost 17k.
Maybe I will get those in 2017.

Wish i had so much money

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Gollum said:
The sound is thunderous
Shakes the whole building.
The Polk speakers are so powerful that I don't even need a subwoofer.

Next up is a polk Sub woofer and polk floor standing speakers. Need to save around 47k for that. as the floor standers will cost 30k and subwoofer will cost 17k.
Maybe I will get those in 2017.
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Get all speakers as bookshelf and buy a better subwoofer like Polk DSW PRO 550/660 rather than the PSW series. For your amp an all book shelf 5.1 will do better. That is an entrylevel amp and was designed to drive small satellites. You can get the larger TSX 220B for the fronts. Moreover your FLRS wont pan or match properly with the SMALLISH 150C CENTER the 250C would have been ideal.