Good used receiver for bedroom. Denon? Marantz?

as i've previously opined, there's little cost-effective difference between the similarly-positioned onkyo/marantz/pio/denon and other mass market avrs; if forced to choose within your budget, i'd opt for yamaha, which to my ears sounds less "processed" and more natural for music, or harman kardon, which has the most robust amp section and doesn't overhype their power specs. amazon has a new yam v565l for $330 or so which'll fit your needs; alternatively, accessories4less has good discounts on new marantz and onkyo and marantz units which do essentially the same thing.

Thanks for the reply. No experience with Yamaha. I've had Denon and was pleased with the quality/price.

I'm reading lots of good things about the Pioneer VSX-1019AH.

I think the transformer/power is my number one concern. I'll read about HK.

No, look into the onkyo tx-sr307. I recently purchased this unit as a refurb for $160 from the accessories4less outfit. I also use this in a bedroom system. It has three HDMI in's. Please with the sound, great value.

Wait for an Onkyo or Integra to come up used and jump on it - they typically get excellent AV reviews, and the sound for 2 channel is quite good.

Everything I buy from Yamaha breaks.

At the price point you're thinking about, find something used that will fit the bill in features and just get it - I don't think there's enough of a difference to get too worked up about.