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Summary: JVC has done better
Review: I bought this receiver with the intent of upgrading my home theater system and replaced my first JVC receiver model# RX-207 (it still works and sounds great), and I was under impressed. Since I have had previous experience with JVC, I already knew lower end JVC equipment tends to have good sound with the mid and high ranges but less desirable sound with the lower range, as was the case with this unit. I prefer to let a self-amplified sub do the work instead (both car and home stereo). My biggest complaint was the center channel. No matter how much I adjusted the balance and sound, it sounded "boxy" and most dialogue was difficult to understand. Fortunately it blew out 2 months later and I replaced it with the JVC RX-8000V (I am much happier now). I give this unit 2 stars and the 8000 4 ½ stars.
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Summary: JVC has done better
Review: I took my sony 545 back b/c of the constant speaker hiss and got this JVC instead. Just about the same receiver but no excessive speaker noise. Very easy to use and hook up. Plenty of input/outputs, good display, and good remote. Not as precise set up options as the sony, but still a lot to choose from. The only noticable problem i've had is the center speaker channel. It's too low. You can adjust each speaker level but it doesn't help much, and if you turn it all the way up, it distorts and sounds flat. This didn't happen with my 2 other receivers using the same center. Powerful enough to drive most anything in this midprice range. Sound isn't quite as full as it should be and bass is lacking a bit.
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Summary: good intro to home theater
Review: I took my sony 545 back b/c of the constant speaker hiss and got this JVC instead. Just about the same receiver but no excessive speaker noise. Very easy to use and hook up. Plenty of input/outputs, good display, and good remote. Not as precise set up options as the sony, but still a lot to choose from. The only noticable problem i've had is the center speaker channel. It's too low. You can adjust each speaker level but it doesn't help much, and if you turn it all the way up, it distorts and sounds flat. This didn't happen with my 2 other receivers using the same center. Powerful enough to drive most anything in this midprice range. Sound isn't quite as full as it should be and bass is lacking a bit.
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Summary: It did it's job...
Review: This was the first receiver I bought however my family owns 2 or 3 others. I can't say this one was bad at all, it had the features I wanted and for the price I don't think it can be beat. Except in one category, I not only enjoy home theater on through this amplifier but also ALOT of music and originally that is what I bought this receiver for. The bass is terrible for rap music, Bob Marley, pretty much everything. It wasn't my speakers because I hooked them up to another receiver and while the bass that I wanted wasn't there it was greatly improved. When I finally discovered that this particular receiver was not a musically oriented product I decided to get into Home Theater and did so with a reasonable amount of money and am very pleased with this receiver. I don't have a center channel speaker yet so I can't say whether or not the other review which stated that the volume was too low and when you turned it up it sounded flat... sorry.
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