[geeks] Cheap Home Stereo Receiver?

[sydelko at csociety.purdue.edu]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 01:52:37PM -0500, Michael Dombrowski wrote:
> I'm looking for reccomendations on what to replace my current stereo 
> receiver with. What I'm looking for is lots of inputs - cassette, cd, 
> phono, plus at least 3 more for things like game systems, a FM/AM 
> tuner and low price. It will be driving a pair of decent Bose 
> speakers so I don't need mega power or surround sound but I wouldn't 
> mind that option. A remote would be nice but not required. I'd like 
> if it also switched composite video so I can just hit buttons and 
> have whichever game system or computer I want showing. I don't mind 
> used, I'm probably going to have to get used to get all of the 
> features I want. I'd like to spend around 150$, but if I have to I 
> can go up to a max of $250.

I just bought a Pioneer DSX-709S off of ebay for $240 including 
shipping. It does more than you ask including SVideo switching and
DTS decoding... But it's a really nice a/v receiver.

--andy.