Need a new AV amp

[J4CKO]

I bought an Onkyo TNR-TN626 a few years back, fairly cheap thing from Richer Sounds, its been playing up so will have to replace it, not all that bothered about having anything fancy, cheaper the better so what do you recommend, its got some very old Tannoys on the front and some Wharfedale surrounds.

[J4CKO]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

What's the budget?

There isnt one !

Wast expecting a three year old amp to conk out, apparently its a very common problem, however I ordered this last night and its due tomorrow,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071153VTK/ref...

I am not into the Home Cinema thing massively, so £429 is plenty to spend for what I want and this gets a very good write up, was going to be £200 plus to repair the Onkyo so I thought as may spend a bit more than the bare minimum and it seemed to be a good trade off in terms of performance and features versus price.

[J4CKO]

davek_964 said:

J4CKO said:

There isnt one !

Wast expecting a three year old amp to conk out, apparently its a very common problem, however I ordered this last night and its due tomorrow,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071153VTK/ref...

I am not into the Home Cinema thing massively, so £429 is plenty to spend for what I want and this gets a very good write up, was going to be £200 plus to repair the Onkyo so I thought as may spend a bit more than the bare minimum and it seemed to be a good trade off in terms of performance and features versus price.

If my experience is anything to go by, you should be fine. The Sony I replaced was an ancient STR-DA5200ES. Only replaced it because it was doing some very odd things when trying to decode dolby digital from Amazon Fire.

Am really disappointed with Onkyo, it was always alright but three yeas for my £300 odd quid doesnt seem great, ever seemed very slick, lik the screen graphics seemed to be from a generic 2002 video player but it did the job, hoping this will be a lot better.

My previous Denon was killed by the kids, hardly had any use from it and they used to crack the volume up high and leave it for their brothers to find to make them jump, my original speakers got killed during a party of theirs, there were others as well.

[J4CKO]

davek_964 said:

J4CKO said:

Am really disappointed with Onkyo, it was always alright but three yeas for my £300 odd quid doesnt seem great

Count yourself lucky, I think I paid about £1,200 for my Denon in June 2016, and it's been playing up since before June of this year!

Oww, my sympathies, not as easy to turn your back on that kind of investment and tip it.

[J4CKO]

Sony arrived yesterday and got it set up today, very impressed, definitely superior to the Onkyo.

Managed to get my Sub working as well, its been a bit intermittent, so pulled it out from its hiding spot and set it up next to the amp, the sub cable wasnt a great fit but the main problem was the plug losing power, took it apart and the fuse holder was loose, bent the metal in a bit and its perfect now,

Still need to do a bit more setup but it will do for now, there is a lot of cabling with an AV amp ! took the opportunity to put Dymo labels on all of the wires.

Only listened to music so far and the sound seems more engaging, the menus are much nicer and easier to navigate.

Might look at replacing my Tannoys with something newer but I do quite like them, just interested to try something else.