Had never considered a Pioneer offering. I do like Pioneer products.

Pioneer, Yamaha or Onkyo. Going to have to find somewhere in Swansea for a test I think.

I don't really see what your problem is with his post.

Wouldn't we all buy the best if we could afford it??
If he can afford Naim then good for him, I probably could but I doubt the wife would sign it off. Besides I'd rather spend my money on Apple products :luvlove: :luvlove:

Slight over reaction I think!!

:)

Edd go listen to some setups m8 but the things id looks for are theses, but please make note that the speakers they show you may be awsome and not yours, they may have a REL/ some imba sub that makes it sound mega, im one for not really hearing bass but feeling it through my body.

As many HDMi 1.4a sockets possible for 3d and Ethernet passthru
Internet Radio maybe
Upscaling to 1080P if needed
Lots of Optical pref Fibre for the games consoles :)
Ethernet if it can stream i know some can now
maybe even USB, mine does usb and become my PCs sound card overkill but a cool feature.
7.1 or 7.2.
But as i said before the more speakers you add the more of an arse it can be 7.2 being even bigger arse, so the Pioneer MCACC is really and truely worth it in its self, and the newer pioneer have DNLA AIRPLAy from Apple and lots of other stuff.

Saying that when i was a lad Yamaha was the undisputed Champ in the Highend but that day was a while ago and ive stopped geeking over nakamechi and Meridian units long ago hehe.

Let me know what you buy m8 happy to advise on Speakers Wires Tvs Women Pile Cream

You have to admit it was a willy waving post.

To be honest, I didn't think Naim even made home cinema receivers.

This.

Actually, I'm sure f1 is a great bloke :D, but his post definitely had no relevance to the OP's question. I get fed up with so many threads going off at a tangent because of daft posts, so decided to make my feelings known!

Anyway, back to the original subject, how about this? It's last year's model, but is a cut above the others you are looking at.

Actually I posted for two reasons.

One to just hint there is more to home cinema than just Onkyo, Denon and Yamaha as this thread was beginning to make it sound like there wasn't. At the end of the day Onkyo and the likes are effectively budget systems good though they maybe for their price point.

Secondly I knew as soon as I mentioned it Daryl would pipe up and sure enough I was right. For some reason Daryl has an issue with people who have high end audio and/or video systems.

I can post up some of his gems illustrating this from an earlier thread if you like including the post where he refused to believe I owned any Naim kit if I didn't post a picture of it. :cuckoo: Not sure why, but then not sure why many people behave the way they do on here.

As for willy waving my Naim kit is all pretty old now and there are people on here with way better systems than mine so why would I be willy waving!! Additionally, for instance, we don't all have a go at Trout because he is lucky enough to own a rather tasty Porsche so why get funny about people spending money on a few bits of relatively pricey electronics.

Oh and the surround processor is a Naim AV2 btw :thumb:

Trout doesn't mention he has a Porsche GT3 RS when people are asking which hot hatch to buy as that would be pointless......;)

But then a) people already know about a Porsche GT3 b) You cant get a secondhand Porsche GT3 for the price of a hot hatch and c) Daryl doesn't have an issue with expensive car owners ;) :D

the more you explain, the more it just looks like willy waving!:lol1:

I'd willy wave if i had Naim kit too, its very nice.....i'll just have to stick with my vanilla Marantz Ki gear!:thumb:

Blimey, you must think about me a lot! :luvlove:

But I don't think a lot of you ;) :D

Well that is your problem quite frankly! :thumb:

Ooh you are awful... but I like you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVpS4...eature=related

i have both an Onkyo in one room and a Yamaha in another...not the same models been mentioned here...tbh, i much prefer my Yamaha.