Old or New AV Receiver

Squid · 28 Feb 2011 at 22:58

I know someone who's selling a Yamaha DSP-A1 (1998) gold I have a budget of between £100-£200 would I be better of going old, or picking up a cheap Yamaha RXV367 (seen for about £140) & denon 1909 (av forum second hand £160)

Opinions...

thanks

james.miller · 28 Feb 2011 at 23:00

i wouldnt think twice about it.

A1.

lucid · 28 Feb 2011 at 23:19

It depends what your priorities are.

lay-z-boy · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:08

Easily the A1 if you have optical out of some sorts.

If you absolutely need hdmi switching then the denon but you're giving up a fair bit of sound performance up for that feature.

9designs2 · 1 Mar 2011 at 19:44

Easy.... A1
What's the rest of your set up ?

Squid · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:32

Foobar with ASIO -using AR94 that a friend refurbished before he got AR90s, the DSP-A1 in question has not had the front display fixed.

Cryfreeman · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:37

I picked up a perfect dxp-ax1 a while back for about £200, thing is a beast

The sheer weight of the thing is amusing!

Fantastic for watching movies.