Bad Start

[karpiel666]

Ok I got off to a bad start with my ht. I went to radioshack and bought a onkyo ht 770 htib :( . So far I have upgraded the fronts to rt800I and I am about to get a cs400I, Would you recomend upgrading receiver to something that has preamp outputs so I can get the full potential out of the speakers or just wait until the onkyo dies? I cant find a link to the amp its self but here is a link to the htib.

http://www.us.onkyo.com/model.cfm?m=HT-S770&p=s&class=Systems

[Ron Temple]

It's a serviceable entry level receiver, but can't do justice. Sell the whole system as a piece for ~ $300 and put it into an HK235 w/pre-outs. A nice upgrade, but you can put an amp on the fronts and center later for a big upgrade.