Best home theater receiver for 500

The Outlaw is a really nice product. If you want something more mainstream, the Onkyo products are well made.

I have a Denon 70Wx5 receiver, and really like it. I'm using it to drive a home theater with Joseph Audio for my mains and center. These speakers deserve to be driven by much higher end power, but the Denon really holds its own. Another nice feature (which I don't use anymore because my front speakers are way better than the others) is 5 channel stereo, which completely fills a room with sound.

A used Marantz SR-880 or Sr-880II are both a good choice in that price range.

I would avoid Denon, as they have reliability issues. You might want to look for a Marantz, maybe used.

KP

Any thoughts about NAD????