How old is you AV amp?

[clairville]

My Onkyo 876 is still going strong and I see no reason to upgrade it...Its been an amazing purchase...

[stevie lee]

Denon AVRX2200W - it's about a month old. bought it when it was £379. then it went up to £499 for a week, now its just £369.

still looks like....

I'm very lazy when it comes to tidying up.

need to figure out what will work best as the extra 2 speakers for the 7.1 part and the 5.1.2 atmos part. either up-firing fronts, or ceiling mounted downfirers or just plug in 2 normal bookshelfs, although atmos wont work with them..

B&W 6xx series2 are supplying the rest of the sound. got them back in 2001.

[stevie lee]

I keep stuff until it breaks, then only replace if I need to. did have a NAD T761, but that suffered from 'not outputting audio'. which is kind of a problem when its main job is outputting audio.

so. 14 years for the NAD, hoping i'll get 15 years or so out of the denon.

[Steve - P]

17 years for my Yamaha DSP A1, still an amazing audio experience!

[clairville]

17 years for my Yamaha DSP A1, still an amazing audio experience!

How do you mange without hdmi ?

[Bagnaj97]

Sony DA2400ES. Appears to be a 2008 model, although I've only had it for 2 years. I picked it up for ~£80 new and boxed in a bankruptcy auction.
No plans to replace it yet, I've not made the move to 4k!

Driving Eltax Symphony 6.2s as fronts, some Eltax bookshelf speakers as rears and some Eltax centre. Also picked up as a lot at auction for ~£75.

For the same money new I think I'd probably be looking at a soundbar or Logitech (or similar) 5.1 pc speakers, so I'm happy

[Saracen]

How do you mange without hdmi ?

I don't know about Steve - P, but my current AV amp manages just fine without HDMI, because I don't do anything with it that requires HDMI. As for the amp, it's a venerable old Kenwood equipped with what was state-of-the-art .... when Dolby Pro was released.

How old? Dunno, but I think Methuselah was standing behind me in the queue to buy one.

For context, I regard myself more as an audiophile than an AV nut, and that's driving the surround speakers. Hifi amp varies. Got several.

[jim]

I have an Azur 351R (I think that's what it is, anyway), which I bought for c. £90.

Much like Steve and Sara, I don't have HDMI linked into it but I'm not sure that it really affects me in any way. I only have stereo speakers, so I feed it with stereo output from the TV. When I used 5.1 previously, I used Optical In.

Maybe in the future if I had some all-singing, all-dancing external 4K device (e.g. BT Vision) I would be more interested in getting an AV Receiver that could take HDMI etc - but I can't imagine I'd spend a big amount of cash any time soon - not when I have 3 AV Receivers / Amps on the go!

[Smudger]

My Yamaha RX-V679 is only about 3 months old, but the Onkyo 607 I had before that lasted for nearly 7 years before it fell to the HDMI board issue.

[jimborae]

My Yamaha RX-V679 is only about 3 months old, but the Onkyo 607 I had before that lasted for nearly 7 years before it fell to the HDMI board issue.

Currently my Onkyo 808 is 6 years old and has just been repaired by Onkyo for the HDMI board issue. (Smudger your 607 should also qualify for a free repair!) My Yamaha RX-V1600 from 2007 is still going strong as well.

[Tarahumara]

Not sure of the age of my Nad 356Bee, probably 4 or 5 years but have been eying a musical fidelity M3i and Nad 375 Bee for a while now. Plan on getting either BK xxls 400 or SVS 1000 sub in the ( hopefully ) near future. For the time being space is bit of an issue though. Also running B&W 602 S3

[shaithis]

Pioneer VSX-AX4asi - IIRC, I purchased it 2006. Have purchased 2 amps to replace it since, yet it keeps being the go-to workhorse. No 3d or 4k support, no bitstreaming (have to pass audio over HDMI in LPCM)....but the sound is sooooo nice.

[Smudger]

Currently my Onkyo 808 is 6 years old and has just been repaired by Onkyo for the HDMI board issue. (Smudger your 607 should also qualify for a free repair!) My Yamaha RX-V1600 from 2007 is still going strong as well.

Yes, I kind of knew that but a) wanted to get an amp that supported 1080p (at least) upscaling, and b) didn't want to go without an amp whilst it was getting repaired. I might send it off to Onkyo with a view to selling it as 'already fixed'.

[jimborae]

Yes, I kind of knew that but a) wanted to get an amp that supported 1080p (at least) upscaling, and b) didn't want to go without an amp whilst it was getting repaired. I might send it off to Onkyo with a view to selling it as 'already fixed'.

Well you have nothing to lose getting it fixed for free, (they have to send it off to Germany so you'll be without it for about 14 days). They send you a box with pre-paid UPS shipping on it and then you just drop it off at a local UPS pick up point was all very easy & swift & credit to Onkyo for offering this support so far out of warranty. (in my case it 4 yrs after the original warranty expired.

[Steve - P]

TBH I use it more like a power amp these days with a preference for music although I still watch a good no. of movies. So I feed the front 3 channels from my PC, with the rear channel used to bi-amp the main pair.
B&W 603 mains
B&W 600 Centre
Easily surpasses 115db, which is enough to blow the work stress into oblivion.

[bytejunkie]

My Onkyo 876 is still going strong and I see no reason to upgrade it...Its been an amazing purchase...

you ask the question but dont tell us your answer.

dont have an AV amp, aside from the one in the soundbar. do have a 16 year old Arcam Stereo amp that isn't currently in use and won't be replaced unless it breaks. I bought quality which i expected to last some time.