The Home Theater Company Collusion Theory


Technically, Denon, Marantz, Onkyo, etc. Can offer a processor for $300, and a 7 channel amplifier for $300, and still make a profit.
Basically, a home theater receiver is just a processor and an amplifier in one unit instead of 2.
If you spend $500 on a reciever or an amp and processor , you should be able spend $300 on separate processors and amplifiers since a receiver is just basically both of them combined, yet not a single company will sell a processor or amplifier alone for below like $2,000.
Reserving hi fi for the elite, in the name of making things more expensive than they have to be.
I’m sure they could release a 100 watt 8 ohm / 150 watt 4 ohm amplifier for $500-600 at Best Buy, and a good 7 channel processor for $300-500, and a Dolby Atmos processor for $600-750 and still make a killing going by what they charge for receivers.

Obviously it’d kill their margins on high end stuff, I’m just saying they could.

Going by what they charge in receivers, it’s just a insinuation.

Why has no one ever done this?

Collusion!

What do you guys think?

Also, selling processor and amplifiers separately for $2k minimum, and forcing people who spend less to buy revievers, forces people to have to upgrade the receiver (amplifier and processor) to get new audio and video technologies. So if they sold separates, at low prices, no one would upgrade the amplifier. It’s a conspiracy to force you to upgrade more.

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- Andy
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twoleftears
1,854 posts
10-24-2019 12:15pm
So what's Audio Asylum like? Better??


     Nurse Ratchett just injected clearthink with a shot of horse tranquilizer because he needs it and gave him an enema just for being annoying.

Tim

     Anyone using an Oppo player can use it as an audio surround sound 
processor and connect the outputs directly to the amp(s).  It lacks room control software and a mike, but has fairly extensive audio and video setup controls.  Other upper level models from Panasonic, Pioneer and Sony may also be able to function as an audio surround sound processor but I'm not certain.  
     I formerly used a separate Parasound AVP-2500 surround sound processor but was able to remove it from my system after buying an Oppo 105 universal disc player. 

Tim
"...you should be able spend $300 on separate processors and amplifiers since a receiver is just basically both of them combined..."
As falconquest said, you will be missing a tuner. Here you go with another few hundred meanies will try to extract from you.