Help choosing receiver


Hi,

I have a small budget of 450 to buy a used receiver and I would greatly appreciate your suggestions. I would only use it for HT as I have a separate 2 channel system.

I've been looking at Denon, Yamaha, Marantz and Sony (the brand new STR-DA1000ES)

Thanks !!
foxtrot
I've been further narrowing my search to the Denon 3803, any comments ?
I plan to use it also as a PreAmp, because I already have a power amp.

Thanks,
Another vote for the Panasonic SA-XR45 (or 25). I have one hooked up to very modest inwall speakers, but I first tried it out with some Dynaudio speakers, and the sonics were excellent. Plenty of power, and packed with features. I don't know how they do it.