10 Best Receivers for Powerful Bass
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Out of thousands of reviews for 185 products, over 100 people recommended Receivers specifically for Powerful Bass. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Onkyo TX8522 High Fidelity Stereo 2 Channels
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$300
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11 People Recommend
"speakers would do the trick, just couldn't find anything for less than $500 that sound better than the jbl's i already owned, so decided i'd replace the receiver and boost my watts and features.…" - GB from USA at Circuitcity.com "in the room it sits in, a lot of wood floors and walls, i've had to turn the treble way up and the bass down so that it doesn't over take, but that's about as close to a 'con' as i can come.…" - Wellwell from Nashville, TN at Circuitcity.com "the bass isn't weak, it's almost non existant so if you like a big bass sound, pass on this one.…" - Stinky from Lewisville, NC at Circuitcity.com |
Harman Multimedia HK 3485
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$274
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6 People Recommend
"the only bad part about it is the lack of sound field controls (you can adjust the bass, treble, and balance, but that is about it).…" - Amazon.com User "i have it pushing two bose 301s and a pair of old 3-way centrex speakers, with 10s" as their bass.…" - Amazon.com User "after listening to it over 2 days, i liked the highs and midrange but the bass seemed a bit weak.…" - Amazon.com User |
Pioneer VSX-816-K/S 7.1 Channels
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$300
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4 People Recommend
"could not use the tone or bass control until i discovered it was only available in 'srereo mode'.…" - PhilC from Miami, Florida at Circuitcity.com "excellent feature when increasing or decreasing the bass and treble.…" - Circuitcity.com User "going to add a sub soon for more boom.…" - Circuitcity.com User |
Sony STR-DG910
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$310 - $353
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3 People Recommend
"setting it to large front speakers will set your receiver to pass all of the bass to your front speakers...very minor issue....i love this sony receiver...and never will replace it with an onkyo on a…" - Raymund from Gainesville, FL at Circuitcity.com "my old sony receiver had a built in low bass option that drastically increased bass in the front speakers which would be a nice option to add to this receiver for bass lovers.…" - Dennis from Vajont, Italy at Circuitcity.com "i found that subwoofer calibration was too high and this unit really wants to pump the bass up, you will most likely have to manually tweak the sub.i rate features down because the specifications say…" - Bob from Dallas, TX at Circuitcity.com |
Onkyo TX-SR504
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$240
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3 People Recommend
"volume level it dishes out clean tight highs, mids and bass.…" - Bhphotovideo.com User "the bass is tight and rock solid.…" - Bob from Porter Tx. at Circuitcity.com "crisp highs, excellent midrange and bass response.…" - Les from Los Angeles at Circuitcity.com |
Panasonic SA-XR57K
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$260
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2 People Recommend
"the sound was clean and clear, full of deep punch in the bass and excellent surround reproduction.…" - Amazon.com User "has some great features like duel amping, and bi amping as well as flexible bass management options which was important to me for home theater.…" - Amazon.com User |
Denon DRA-397
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$289 - $399
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2 People Recommend
"clean highs and tight bass make for a very enjoyable listening experience.…" - Crutchfield.com User "overall the sound is very pleasing; the bass is palpable and detailed, the highs are clear and smooth.…" - Amazon.com User |
Sherwood RX-4109
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$96 - $140
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2 People Recommend
"exceptions are that the 4109 has much better speaker binding posts and the remote control has bass and treble controls.…" - Amazon.com User "match that amplifier up with very efficient speakers; and voila...you have harmonic cacophony now called a "boom box."…" - Amazon.com User |
Onkyo TX-SR304
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$148 - $200
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2 People Recommend
"very clean sound and plenty of bass.…" - Hitman from California Desert at Circuitcity.com "bass and treble controls and easy to use and very effective menu system for setting up speaker levels etc.…" - Amazon.com User |
Onkyo TX-R805
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$649
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1 People Recommend
"it gives you the ability to set the bass and treble for each individual speaker.…" - G Man from at Circuitcity.com "the speaker calibration feature works great, crystal clear sound, bass where needed, nothing overdone...excellent.…" - Vanns.com User "the bass didn't have the heft and the treble was not as delicate and detailed but overall i was impressed that it didn't sound "bad".…" - Amazon.com User |
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