"Ethan Winer" ethanw at ethanwiner dot com wrote in
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JA,

I know this is like inviting flames

Not at all.

When I decided to replace my previous $180 Pioneer
receiver I went back to Costco to buy another. The newer
model was only $150 and has 7.1 outputs, Dolby II, and
Dolby Digital and DTS decoding. It rocks. Did I mention
it was only $150 new? :-)

The sonic effectiveness of modern low cost lightweight
receivers gives the lie to the theory that home audio gear
has to be built like a masonry commode to sound good.