Jake Knight wrote:

Also, what makes the Yamahas better at this price range?

Thanks to everyone for your help.

"Jake Knight" wrote in message
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What's a good Yamaha Receiver?

JK

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Would this be a good set up for classical music?

Speakers: Infinity Primus 150 - $180.00/pair

Stereo Receiver: Sony STR-DE185 - $150.00

CD Player: Sony CDP-XE370 - $140.00

Cables: Monster Cable's Original 15 ft. cable (for speakers) -

$80.00/2

Monster Cable's Interlink 200 RCA cable (for CD player) -
$25.00

Total: ~$600.00

I really can't spend any more than this (this is the absolute max!).

Any information, thoughts, suggestions would be appreciated.



In my opinion, don't spend the money for the monster cables, and look

into

maybe a Yamaha Receiver instead of Sony.






Check out this Onkyo Integra amp on Ebay;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...EBWA%3AIT&rd=1

It will be better than the Sony receiver you're looking at. When looking
for budget Amplifiers, names to keep in mind are Onkyo, Yamaho, and NAD.
Look for Integrated Amps, not receivers. A receiver is basically an amp,
pre-amp, and tuner, and when you stuff all 3 technologies into one box,
lots of compromises happen. With an integrated amp, there's much less of
a compromise, and systems can sound really good based on an integrated
amplifier. If you need a tuner, use this website as a good start on
finding a decent used one;

http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/

Like the others said, forget about the name brand RCA cables and speaker
wire, just get 12-14 gage speaker wire by any no name, and use the RCAs
that came with the unit.

Also, forget the CD player, get a DVD player instead. Look at the
Pioneer 563 and the Panasonic S55, or S35 if you don't want to jump into
DVD audio just yet.