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Originally Posted by Shazam
Visions has the 606 for $528 right now. I'm still hemming and hawing if I should get it. I hope LD might price match, since I can't stand Visions.
BB had the Pioneer 1018 for $399 during boxing week. That was a smoking deal.
Too bad this thread wasn't around last week. I would've pushed for the Energy Take Classic for $500, and the Pioneer 1018 for the aformentioned price.
FS has the Energy Take Classic + Yammy and Energy Take Classic + Pioneer for sale right now. Also, you don't really need a receiver that decodes HD codecs if you want HD sound - you can get a BD player that either has analog out (e.g. Panasonic BD55) and connect that way, or you can get a player that decodes the HD codecs into linear PCM via HDMI (e.g. Panasonic BD35, Sony PS3). I'm not sure if there's anything else that uses these HD codecs besides BD.
This allows you to save some money up front, since ~>$500 is what it'll cost you to get a receiver with HD audio, if that matters to you. |
Hehe, I got the 1018 on boxing day. I was sh..ting bricks standing in the 400 person line in front of best buy (me being about 400th in line), thinking I drove all this way (to Sunridge) for nothing. I run in and when I got it they had about 15 left.
Stupid me, either way, worth it.
Only reason why I suggest getting HD codec's decoding as it sort of is futureproof"ish", since down the line he may want a blu-ray player, he may already even have one. He could also go my uncles root and spend a ton on a receiver that has unbelievably high wattage and just wants to blow your a$$ away when you listen. His speakers have a 12" bass woofer, or something, they are like 3 feet across, have a circuit breaker making them "unblowable". He is mad.