Looking for musical A/V receiver

Before I moved up to the "high end stuff" I had a Marantz SR-7000 and it was great! I belive you can find them now for 700.00 or so. Lately I've also been hearing great things about the Denon stuff.

B&k has the best two channel bar none,and when used with an acoustic zen mc=zen digital cable,the surround is also the smoothest and most detailed bar none.In order to do better you need to spend at least 5k on seperates.

I concur with the Rotel supporter. Best I've heard in its price range. IMHO it smoked the Marantz.

Try the Marantz SR18EX...

Denon AVR4800. Loads of power, high current, might be too "bright" for some people's taste.

Agree with above, the Arcam is a musical piece, although two out of two I received had problems. I went with the Marantz SR-7000 and have been content for what it is.
Audioman

Try the Arcam AVR100, it's got a 2 channel pass through and sounds very good with music.
Jim P.

The remote on the Onkyo Integra sucks less than most. I was impressed when I saw this piece -- and I have the audiophile thing bad...

I had a Denon 3300 for 9 months. I really like it for $800 new. The remote sucked(Of course they all do at this price), but everything else was great. I sold it because I went to separates plus alot of $$$ more. If I were to go back to a reciever, I would buy Denon again. Good luck.....LR

I recommend those two brands plus NAD on another post maybe also yours.

Try listening to the Onkyo Integra DTR-5.1

The best receiver I heard is the Rotel RSX965.