New Av receiver advice

[Manbatius]

Hi all,

My old Marantz SR4400 (purchased 2003 ish I think) is in need of an upgrade. The old amp is going for duty's in another room.
I my mind, I always just thought I would replace this with one of the Marantz slimline amps, but the one I was looking at is near £700 now!, Wish I had upgraded a couple of years ago!
So looking at something else. Sub £450....

Requirements

Speakers are Cambridge Audio Minx 12, with the accompanying Sub woofer, I do not need Atmos ( i overlooked running cables for this, all my current speaker cables are in the wall or behind skirting!)
, pass through 4k stuff is not really necessary as the Samsung one connect box is in the alcove cabinet with everything.
Source Sony UBP-X800, Xbox series S, Virgin Tivo, its mainly the UHD player and streaming services as source.

Possibilities

Yamaha HTR2071 at £350, the lack of binding posts put me off, my old marantz has a heck of a lot more connections!
Sony STR-DH790 at £450, seems better, but more than I was wanting to pay.
I would consider second hand, ideally I want something a bit smaller heightwise than the Marantz.

TLDR need a recommendation of a cheap receiver to replace an ancient one!

 

[Manbatius]

Awesome cheers Lucid
I had no idea my UHD player had dual HDMI outs to be honest.
I was aware of the Issue with some receivers as some of the Marantz ones were affected.

Current set up
UHD to amp optical connection
TV to amp optical, this does manage DTS for consoles at least

The thing I feel I am missing is the newer audio formats for film, ideally something not as tall as the current one, for heat as much as anything, it certainly runs a lot hotter than it used too.
But then though for the gaming, i've basically been waiting for the 120hz and vvr to be sorted due to wanting everything through the amp. We have a samsung Frame and the one connect box (though I hate it) has helped with this.

However, I am not bothered about the newer audio formats for gaming! So in conclusion, I've previously been waiting for the 120hz issue and also atmos for future proof, I actually need neither of these things and we are a good 5 years away from doing the living room again.

Think I will keep an eye out on second hand market. While saving a bit more for a Marantz NR1510, which interestingly, may work out, it's been out since 2019, the NR1711 is getting a replacement in the Marantz cinema 70s. Wonder if the 1510 will get one, if so may get one on clearance not expecting a mega saving but it would help.

 

[Manbatius]

Sorry to thread jump but what is it you dislike about the frame tv? Close to pulling the trigger on the 55" for the bedroom, only thing that has held me back is that my viewing angle will be about 30 degrees off centre, the wife would be around 10degrees from her position, was wary about the viewing angle with it being flat on the wall.

Didn't occur to me the one connect box would run mega mega hot. The newer ones are better.

I've had quite a few hdmi issues. Where it just says the device isn't there. Only fix is powering down the TV at the wall and back on. Due to this, I suspect it won't last a fraction of the 14 years that the old samsung did.

We have a frame 50", frame 32", a 43" LG that was £180. Out of all of them I prefer the LG. It's interface is so much quicker. Again with a 2022 55" you may be fine. But ours is a lag fest on both. My old Hisense is a tad quicker as well.

As for your viewing angles. You can tilt it a bit can't remember what degree. It's not massive but does help. I find viewing angle decent. Left to right isn't too bad. It's more vertical there's some loss. The 32" seems better in this regard weirdly.

The wall mount, the one cable or whatever it's called (be mega careful with that thing, they break easy and are £££) are definetely selling points as are the option to change frame. Ours are both white and look good.