Best Reciever for RM6005?

[vipari]

Please help me choose the best combination for a Rm6005

[Toxis]

Denon AVR-5805





lol seriously, what features do you need?

[*Seby*-Polk-]

uhhhhh..there are a lot of good receivers for your speakers....

Choose the right for your ears. Listen Denon, Yamaha, HK ......;)

[shawn474]

To be quite honest, the rm6005 is about the entriest (is that a word) level speaker package that Polk offers. I doubt, IMHO, that you would get much benefit out of spending more money on a higher priced receiver to get these to sound better. Unless you plan to eventually upgrade the speakers at a later date, I would think you could stay with the lower end Denon, HK or even get Yammie, Onkyo, etc. and have a nice sounding system at a much more reasonable price.

I have the RM6005 package, but wasn't too happy with the center channel. I would recommend upgrading the center channel at the very least. I have since installed that system into my parents house and it does just fine considering they don't listen to it as often as I do.

Congrats on the purchase.

[Johnnybass]

What would you recommend for the center specker upgraid?? i have the 6005 hooked up to a Onkyo TXSR303.

Thanks JB

[comfortablycurt]

A good low budget receiver you might want to look into is the Onkyo TX-SR606. It packs in a lot of the features that higher end receivers have, such as the most up to date sound codecs, 4 HDMI in's and 1 HDMI out, dual zone capability...But leaves out some of the frills to keep the price down. It's biggest drawback is the lack of pre-amp outputs, so connection of an external amp is impossible. That's something to keep in mind if you plan on upgrading your system with external amplifiers in the future. I own a 606 myself, and I couldn't be happier with it. They can be had for around 300-350 dollars. IMO it's the best receiver in that price point you can get.

A good center you might want to look into is one of the RTi series centers. Either the CSi A4 or CSi A6 would work well. You could also look into the CSi3 or the CSi5, which are the older versions of the same center channels, if you wanted to save a little coin.

Going that route, you might eventually want to upgrade your front channels as well, with some of the RTi series bookshelves or floorstanders. That would give you a really solid front soundstage, and would give you dramatic improvements in sound quality. You've gotta work within your budget and space constraints though of course.