10 Best Receivers for Center
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Out of thousands of reviews for 116 products, over 100 people recommended Receivers specifically for Center. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Sony STR-DG910
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$300 - $353
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8 People Recommend
"i'm using athena 5.1 speakers, 250watts fronts, 2 subs, 2 back and center....both speakers and receiver produces crisp and details sounds....thanks circuit city for this great deal!!!…" - Raymund from Gainesville, FL at Circuitcity.com "when watching movies and all speakers are connected: fronts, center, surrounds, back surrounds you will hear sounds and voices not heard through regular tv speakers or 2 channel speakers.…" - Dennis from Vajont, Italy at Circuitcity.com "when you have all speakers connected (front, center, left/right surround, back left/right surround, and the subwooofer) you will enjoy another level of movie watching.…" - Dennis from Vajont, Italy at Circuitcity.com |
Onkyo TX-R805
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$595 - $799
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6 People Recommend
"so i removed the back panel on my entertainment center and had supports installed on the wood bridge shelves to shore up the center of the wood shelf and help distribute the weight of the receiver.…" - Freckles from FL at Circuitcity.com "said that the 805 get's very hot when you mixed speakers with different impedance, example 8 ohms center and 6 ohms surround speakers, i know the receiver can handle both, but it makes is very hot.…" - Amazon.com User "so beware of that when you try lugging this thing around or setting it on your entertainment center so you don't scratch anything permanently.…" - Amazon.com User |
Yamaha RX-V3800 7.1 Channels
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$1,049 - $1,700
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4 People Recommend
"i have only one minor complaint: it does act as a media center, pulling recordings off of my vista machine and playing them.…" - Amazon.com User "with my previous system, i had to gerry-rig the side speakers using a quadraphonic synthesizer, but the rx-v3800 has the following speaker connections: left-front, right-front, center, left-side,…" - Amazon.com User "i buy my own ht with a panasonic ptu2000 hd projector, bose acoustic 16, and this great receiver, just say amazing features, great quality, some important features: hdmi support for upscaling to…" - Amazon.com User |
Onkyo TX-SR304
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$135 - $200
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4 People Recommend
"another thing that worked well for me was that i initially was able to set it up for stereo with just two speakers, then turn on the output for the center channel, then later the surround channels,…" - Amazon.com User "when i get some more money, and when i can catch them on sale, i'm going to buy the sony ss-cn5000 center speaker, the sony sa-w2500 subwoofer, and then the polk m20 floorstanding speakers to replace…" - Coop from Maryville, Tennessee at Circuitcity.com "i need a center channel speaker, but still sounds great. …" - Sean W. from Little Rock, AR at Circuitcity.com |
Onkyo TX-SR504
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$240
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4 People Recommend
"the sound is really crisp, even with the mix of seven speakers i'm using (yamaha center, saat lf/rf, sony surround sound stuff for the rest of it).…" - Gyrobob from Newnan, GA at Circuitcity.com "i wastotally disillutioned after connecting 1 speaker at a time, it would overload and shut down the amplifier when the center speaker was connected.…" - Chris from Suffolk, VA at Circuitcity.com "much less 'hiss' from front and center channels and the sub sounds like i added a high quality eq.…" - Willy from Charleston, SC at Circuitcity.com |
Denon AVR888
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$365 - $633
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4 People Recommend
"i am sure with my past history with denon, that this receiver will be the center role of my home theatre for a long time.…" - BKW from NC at Circuitcity.com "vista media center pc…" - Amazon.com User "i can make adjustments so that the center channel dialogue is sharp and detailed. …" - Marc from Betrhlehem, PA at Circuitcity.com |
Yamaha RX-V661 7.1 Channels
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$329 - $355
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3 People Recommend
"this receiver was much deeper than the old technics it replaced, so i had to relocate it to the center cabinet, on the top shelf above our very nice samsung lcd tv (<3 samsung).…" - Amazon.com User "the bottom of the remote (can't remember the name but they let you preprogram inputs/settings for devices) you can program full names like "nintendo wii" or my other longer one "xbox media center."…" - Amazon.com User "i hooked this amp up to an hd flatscreen lcd and an upconvert dvd player using the hdmi input/outputs and 7 athena speakers 2 floor, a center channel, 2 rears and 2 sides.…" - Amazon.com User |
Sony STR-DG1100
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$480 - $600
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3 People Recommend
"i then had to go into manual setup for speakers and tweak the settings so i could hear the dialogue via the center speaker.…" - Amazon.com User "this was very important to me for voice quality on my center speaker.…" - Amazon.com User "the receiver has plenty of power to drive my m&k left, right, center and sub-woofer. …" - Amazon.com User |
Pioneer VSX-517
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$178
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3 People Recommend
"i used 1 pair for my center speaker couse after looking at the sony center speaker it was the same speakers minus a tweeter in 1 box and they wanted $90 compared to $50 for it.…" - Trinity from at Circuitcity.com "i used 1 pair for my center speaker couse after looking at a sony center speaker, they were the same speakers just in 1 box minus a tweater and they wanted 90$ for it.…" - Bestbuy.com User "the "dialog enhancer" works very well (it sends most dialog to the center channel for higher clarity) without distorting the suround effects.…" - Bestbuy.com User |
Yamaha RX-N600
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$442 - $460
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3 People Recommend
"i use it in my master-bedroom, paired with in-ceiling boston acoustic speakers and yamaha center channel speaker and yamaha sub-woofer.…" - Amazon.com User "plenty of settings to fit any room, plenty of power and works great with my jbl 12" sub, klipsch front speakers, and a bose center channel.…" - Amazon.com User "the sound enhancement options seem endless, hook this up to a yst-sw315 sub on the front b terminals and a ns-c444 center channel.…" - Amazon.com User |
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