9 Best Receivers for Pc
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Out of thousands of reviews for 34 products, over 50 people recommended Receivers specifically for Pc. These 9 are the most highly recommended products we found.
Yamaha RX-N600
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$442 - $460
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8 People Recommend
"i was successful in setting up the mp3s through the network, but i had to discontinue because of the strain it put on my amd 3000+ pc to act as a server.…" - Amazon.com User "then it took about an hour to figure out how to share the music from the windows media player 11 on windows vista pc but at the end the sound quality is fantastic even compared to my jbl pc speaker…" - Amazon.com User "i had to download a firmware update to get it networked to my pc but that was also straight-forward.…" - Amazon.com User |
Onkyo TX-R805
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$595 - $799
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4 People Recommend
"amazing for pcmi 7.1 surround sound videos (war is one of them.) or games, make you in the action like you wouldn't believe.…" - Amazon.com User "pros: dolby truehd, dts-hd; post-processes pcm over hdmi; powerful amp (thx ultra2); burr-brown dac; hdmi switching …" - autri at Shopping.com "i now have a crappy pc (pentium4 with pci bus) connected to the receiver. …" - Amazon.com User |
Yamaha RX-V3800 7.1 Channels
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$1,049 - $1,700
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3 People Recommend
"the computer set-up is not as easy as the manual would make you believe, but it is easier if you do the following: make sure your pc has xp service pack two or vista on it and you have windows media…" - Amazon.com User "i especially love the streaming internet radio as well as the ability to play music from my ipod and pc.…" - Amazon.com User "instead, the ps3 outputs linear pcm to the yamaha which can amplify the processed true hd audio.…" - Amazon.com User |
Sony STR-DG910
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$300 - $353
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3 People Recommend
"i use it for everything from music, streaming directly from my pc via optical input, to movies, and video games.…" - "B. Hinson" at Bhphotovideo.com "1) if you send a hd dvi signal from a pc through the box it is very picky on exactly which resolution and refresh will work.…" - Amazon.com User "i use it for everything from music, streaming directly from my pc via optical input, to movies, and video games. …" - "B. Hinson" at Bhphotovideo.com |
Panasonic SA-XR57K
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$250
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2 People Recommend
"when conected through digital link ( pcm or toslink) the quality of sound is perfect, clean and bright, without noise and without additions.…" - imf from CT at Circuitcity.com "7) pc connected via stereo to l/r analogue connection set up as "vcr" on my receiver.…" - Amazon.com User "when conected through digital link ( pcm or toslink) the quality of sound is perfect, clean and bright, without noise and without additions. …" - imf from CT at Circuitcity.com |
Denon AVR 2808Ci
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$590 - $999
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2 People Recommend
"very nice remote that is in a drawer because i am using the harmony one remote.when installing this:i recommend running hdmi for video and audio and setting your blu-ray for pcm instead of bitstream…" - Bestbuy.com User "-includes decoding of all current and future sound-fields (dts-hd master audio and dolby truehd, as well as uncompressed pcm and everything else you can imagine, all via hdmi version 1.3a)!…" - Amazon.com User "-includes decoding of all current and future sound-fields (dts-hd master audio and dolby truehd, as well as uncompressed pcm and everything else you can imagine, all via hdmi version 1.3a)! …" - Amazon.com User |
JVC RX-D702
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$327 - $521
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2 People Recommend
"it's not a good way to send audio to the receiver from a computer if you were planning to hook up a media pc to your entertainment center.…" - Vanns.com User "not just mp3, but any audio from your pc.…" - Vanns.com User "at first attempt, i got video but no sound through the cable box, my dvd had sound but no video and my wireless pc link worked flawlessly within 5 minutes of setup.…" - Amazon.com User |
Denon AVR-4308CI
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$1,727 - $2,700
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2 People Recommend
"ample audio output (140w/ch on all channels is also a + point).internet radio is something which made me curious to explore..years back when we were all streaming using our pc's, the sound quality…" - Bestbuy.com User "internet radio is something which made me curious to explore..years back when we were all streaming using our pc's, the sound quality was the real turnoff.…" - Amazon.com User "internet radio is something which made me curious to explore..years back when we were all streaming using our pc's, the sound quality was the real turnoff. …" - Amazon.com User |
Sony STR-DA5300ES
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2 People Recommend
"instead, some (but not all) players decode these formats internally, and then send the decoded signals to attached receivers via hdmi (as uncompressed linear pcm) or multichannel analog-audio…" - Cnet.com User "i ps3, xbox 360, pc, bdp 2000es blu ray and have 2 hdmi to spare.…" - scotchtzd at Cnet.com "i ps3, xbox 360, pc, bdp 2000es blu ray and have 2 hdmi to spare. …" - scotchtzd at Cnet.com |
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