Pre Amps & Receivers

In the past five years or so, something amazing has happened in the audio/video industry. Just like our counterparts in the computer industry, we’ve seen prices drop and performance rise, …

Over the past few years, a new type of component, that blurred the line between “separates,” i.e. a separate amplifier and processor, and the average mass-market receiver, has come into …

I’ve tested a number of receivers and DVD players for DVD ETC. in our short history, and it’s a safe bet there will be plenty more in my future. So …

HDMI has changed everything for receivers in a copy-protection-driven, Blu-ray-centric market. A few years ago, you were lucky to get a receiver that had component inputs for HD sources. Today, …

Denon is one of the oldest audio companies in Japan, known for providing high-value AV products to the masses, and the new AVR-2309CI seems to once again set the bar …

Five hundred dollars didn’t buy you much in terms of a home theater receiver a few years ago; however today it seems as if five hundred dollars is the new …

A recent post on the Home Theater Forum started me thinking. With all the home theater in-a-box systems on the market, are the days of separate audio/video systems numbered? Surely …

When people are putting together a home theater system, one of the most important components has to be the audio/video controller/processor. This can either come in the form of a …