Is anyone Versed here in Home Theatre Receivers (AVR)?

[OVERKILL]

The CEC was part of what inspired me to get it, as I’ve had good luck with Samsung stuff in the past, and LG isn’t known for making good soundbars. I appreciate the thought of testing it, though. Do you like the Denons that you have? I hear good things about them, but Yamaha I’ve had good luck with as well for standard stereo receivers .

My Yamaha died, which is what I had in my master bedroom, I've had Denon AVR-X4200W in my living room acting as a "hub" for all my sources for years and it hasn't skipped a beat, I'm a big fan. I replaced the Yamaha with another Denon, which is bi-amped to feed my bedroom speakers and it's also performing flawlessly, as expected.

The Denon receivers have been nothing but consistent and reliable, yes, I'd recommend them.

 

[alarmguy]

The CEC was part of what inspired me to get it, as I’ve had good luck with Samsung stuff in the past, and LG isn’t known for making good soundbars. I appreciate the thought of testing it, though. Do you like the Denons that you have? I hear good things about them, but Yamaha I’ve had good luck with as well for standard stereo receivers .

If you're looking at a sound bar. I HIGHLY recommend this. I used to be into sound, my whole life using separates (midrange stuff like NAD/ONYKO ETC, new home, new interests, less space and aesthetics was important. My wife have tried, had shipped to us no less than 4 different bars, some up to $900 or so (cant remember but maybe up to $1,200) others in here recommended this one, also a CONVINCING online review.
It seemed to good to be true for the price. With any of these sound bars room dimensions are important on how well they reflect sound. Our roughly 12 x 15 room with 11 foot ceiling, was perfect for this, Sound comes from the side quite clearly, you will not have rear sound and that is fine with me. It's really impressive.
Here is the cool part about sound bars, you can return them. Amazon is great, large warehouse clubs etc.
JBL website also is easy free returns and a big plus for heavy items.
SO you have nothing to lose, try them all, make sure to check that the return polices I speak of are still valid.

Anyway, I suggest you try this if you are looking for good quality TV, movie performance at a basement price. As far as listing to music, eh, it's acceptable but not like separates would be, this is a TV movie sound bar.
Yeah, I thought it was too good to be true when others in BITOG recommended it. They were correct. Honestly? You have nothing to lose buying direct from JBL with free return shipping if you dont like it.

https://www.jbl.com/soundbars/BAR-500-.html

I actually found my post but I cant find the other posts that first mentioned it. I guess with some searching you can.

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Thread 'Here is a sound bar recommendation - JBL BAR 500'

Dec 13, 2023

Can I please recommend a sound bar for those who want to keep things simple? We purchased it months ago, as we downsized into a new home, I didnt want our large audio system anymore that contained 6 rather large speakers. Was a great system for a large area with 16 foot ceilings but that is in the past.

Anyway, I researched a lot, we purchased and returned quite a few, some were over $1000 Sony 7000 and lessor 5000, some others based on a recommendation in here when I asked.

To our surprise HANDS Down the winner was a JBL BAR 500 as someone here recommended and the price was almost...

• alarmguy
• Replies: 3
• Forum: Consumer Electronics

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At the time and used on another post in here this was a review on an earlier model. Called the 5.1 the BAR 500 which I and another in here have is refined further with two more buttons on the remote, one to adjust bass in 5 steps (we keep ours on 3 our of 5 sometimes even 2 out of 5) and another for a self adjusting sounds test.


Im not pushing anything, just suggesting to anyone, it cost nothing to try, free returns. You either like it or not, all rooms are different and sound choice for movies can vary.

 

[OVERKILL]

If you're looking at a sound bar. I HIGHLY recommend this. I used to be into sound, my whole life using separates (midrange stuff like NAD/ONYKO ETC, new home, new interests, less space and aesthetics was important. My wife have tried, had shipped to us no less than 4 different bars, some up to $900 or so (cant remember but maybe up to $1,200) others in here recommended this one, also a CONVINCING online review.
It seemed to good to be true for the price. With any of these sound bars room dimensions are important on how well they reflect sound. Our roughly 12 x 15 room with 11 foot ceiling, was perfect for this, Sound comes from the side quite clearly, you will not have rear sound and that is fine with me. It's really impressive.
Here is the cool part about sound bars, you can return them. Amazon is great, large warehouse clubs etc.
JBL website also is easy free returns and a big plus for heavy items.
SO you have nothing to lose, try them all, make sure to check that the return polices I speak of are still valid.

Anyway, I suggest you try this if you are looking for good quality TV, movie performance at a basement price. As far as listing to music, eh, it's acceptable but not like separates would be, this is a TV movie sound bar.
Yeah, I thought it was too good to be true when others in BITOG recommended it. They were correct. Honestly? You have nothing to lose buying direct from JBL with free return shipping if you dont like it.

https://www.jbl.com/soundbars/BAR-500-.html

I actually found my post but I cant find the other posts that first mentioned it. I guess with some searching you can.

A

Thread 'Here is a sound bar recommendation - JBL BAR 500'

Dec 13, 2023

Can I please recommend a sound bar for those who want to keep things simple? We purchased it months ago, as we downsized into a new home, I didnt want our large audio system anymore that contained 6 rather large speakers. Was a great system for a large area with 16 foot ceilings but that is in the past.

Anyway, I researched a lot, we purchased and returned quite a few, some were over $1000 Sony 7000 and lessor 5000, some others based on a recommendation in here when I asked.

To our surprise HANDS Down the winner was a JBL BAR 500 as someone here recommended and the price was almost...

• alarmguy
• Replies: 3
• Forum: Consumer Electronics

• 
• 

At the time and used on another post in here this was a review on an earlier model. Called the 5.1 the BAR 500 which I and another in here have is refined further with two more buttons on the remote, one to adjust bass in 5 steps (we keep ours on 3 our of 5 sometimes even 2 out of 5) and another for a self adjusting sounds test.


Im not pushing anything, just suggesting to anyone, it cost nothing to try, free returns. You either like it or not, all rooms are different and sound choice for movies can vary.

Brevity is truly your nemesis.

 

[Marcozi]

Make sure whatever receiver you buy has an Enhanced Audio Return Channel (E-ARC).

 

[Cropduster172]

I've owned several brands of AV receivers over the years. The most reliable and simple to use for my home theater setups has been Pioneer. I've got two...one in our beach house and one in our primary place. They both work seamlessly with Xfinity remotes and the primary home one also works with the Roku remote for power and volume.
I bought the one in our beach house on Facebook Marketplace...paid $80 and it was like new just missing the remote's battery cover which I fabricated from an old credit card to replace.
The primary home one is a Pioneer KSX-1020K...12 years of solid, reliable use and going strong.
The beach house has a Pioneer VSX-530...more basic fewer features but just as reliable. I use the digital optical input from the TCL at the primary and Hisense at the beach house. I run a Klipsch KSW200 at our main house and a Polk PSW10 at the beach. Check out Facebook Marketplace for AV receivers...it's usually very easy to find a great deal.

 

[Toy4x4]

I'm soon going to have to head down this road, my 20+ year old Yamaha has lost the ability to drive one of my Bose cubes(of equal age).

I'm still rockin my Yamaha 2095, but it is used only for sound. I have an Oppo BDP-103 that handles all the video through HDMI which is then connected by optical to the 2095. It's a PITA when everything has to be rewired, but it works well!

 

[MVAR]

The CEC was part of what inspired me to get it, as I’ve had good luck with Samsung stuff in the past, and LG isn’t known for making good soundbars. I appreciate the thought of testing it, though. Do you like the Denons that you have? I hear good things about them, but Yamaha I’ve had good luck with as well for standard stereo receivers .

Most people I know that use Denon swear by them. I had bad luck with one about 10-12yrs ago & just said never again. Went through 3 exchanges in a 90 day period, all with different issues.

Currently using a Yamaha that functions perfectly except it’s very “optimistic” on its power ratings. Due to that I’ll be switching to separates in the future. The Yamaha is connected to a Sony X90 tv through eARC. Have an Oppo BDP & AppleTv connected to the Yamaha. When streaming, I only use the AppleTv remote to turn on the entire setup & control volume. I’ll use the Yamaha remote to change source input to the Oppo if watching a disc & then use the Oppo remote from there.

My best receiver was my old B&K AVR507 S2. Thing was a tank. After nearly 20yrs the preamp section crapped the bed. B&K was purchased by ATI & they quit support for them so finding a repair station was difficult. My old B&K repair facility in Daley City closed during CV19 lockdown so I picked up the Yamaha in a pinch. Works great but the amplifier section is weak as hell. It doesn’t have pre-out either so can’t use it as a preamp. If someone has efficient speakers that don’t require a substantial amplifier, Yamaha will likely be an easy plug & play item.

I have heard that Denon now has optional Dirac correction which is a big step up.

 

[tbm5690]

Make sure whatever receiver you buy has an Enhanced Audio Return Channel (E-ARC).

Nice to have but not needed if he is running everything though the receiver and truly only using the TV as a display. Most people stream straight off the TV though so in that case yes, sound advice.