DENON, ONYKO, MARANTZ


Ok I have $700.00 to spend on AV receiver.  What say you is the best route?  I want to rock out but also want to watch movies.  I only have 2 tower speakers and a center speaker.  Must have HDMI.. Please give advice on used in my price range on any other brand names.
kdogone

I apologize in advance if I insult anyone here, I am new to the Audio world and I don't have a massive budget.  I have the Fluance tower speakers and the Fluance mid,  they are pretty nice and work well for my budget so don't judge!  One day I will up grade I promise so be nice.

I love the blues and good old fashioned rock and roll and anything Acoustic.

i agree that anthem is better than the mass market brands, but it may be more avr than you need for your speakers--i'd go to accessories4less and pick out a yamaha or marantz--they have great prices (40/50% off) and you can get a lot of machine for $300-400. onkyo seems to be disfavored these days because of reliability.
That Anthem for $600.00 is a great way to go.  I almost pulled the trigger on one that was for sale around that price on TMR.  I was not quick enough.  Being Atmos is not part of the plan right now, musically the Anthem would be hard to top for that small amount of $$$.  Maybe an NAD but not many.

As far as A4Less, good suggestion.

Bill

I'm not trying to be impolite, but have any of you guys actually owned any of the receivers you're talking about?

MG