Four AV receivers priced around 1,000 euros

Four AV receivers tested


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If you want to invest sustainably in your home theater, so you want to have fun with your equipment for a long time, but still keep an eye on the costs, you will pay attention to the class by 1,000 euros when purchasing the receiver. Here you get potent power amplifiers, rich equipment and connection possibilities.


Classic or modern?


This includes network functions and a proper image processing, but they already exist in the smaller models of Denon, Marantz, Pioneer and Yamaha. And as far as connections in analog audio and video are concerned, there was much more for the same money.


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However, if one looks at the changed user habits, the renunciation does not require sacrifices. On the contrary, the manufacturers - first and foremost Denon with the AVR-2313 and Marantz with the SR 6007 - do not simply mingle with sockets and switches, but open up with a sensible streamlining of the equipment and the associated complexity of new customer strata

Here is less really more and leads to a differentiation among the suppliers. After all, Pioneer and Yamaha want to reach out to home cinema freaks as well as ambitious amateurs.


Why Pioneer saved the second HDMI output, appreciated by beamer owners, during the generational change remains a secret of the product planners. Similarly, one can externally only guess about the cost situation in the AV industry, if one looks at the austerity measures at the receivers of the receiver more closely. Here, all four manufacturers in the latest generation hardly have any metal on the front panels of their devices. The quality of the covers and other details also reveal cost-saving measures.


Practice: Control apps for AV receivers


Most of the aluminum are decorated by Marantz and Yamaha. Above all, the design of the dual rotary control on the front panels of the SR 6007 and the RX-A1020 still have the best haptics in this environment. The Pioneer with its particularly large, easy-to-feel plastic volume control is particularly striking against the two best devices.


In the test during the source selection, the interaction between the knob, which is badly engaging as with all other receivers, and the change in the display worked smoothly. On the other hand, the Denon was often shot at the desired entrance, because the display was a little behind.


An effect with which the Marantz owner hardly has to fight: Art piece: The SR 6007 has only a tiny bullauge with little text. This usually only needs to be used by the OSD. On the one hand consistently because the music purists targeted with the classic looking device usually do not want to see front displays. For this purpose, you can start the TV at the same time as it is deeper into the settings or network music on the program.


After all, nobody can claim Denon, Marantz, Pioneer and Yamaha for 1,000 euros in the same green. Everyone realizes his own, delicious diet recipe. And for the buyer, more than ever the personal usage profile counts instead of the full score. Make your choice!


The Denon is the universal genius, which makes it right music and Kinofreunden right and is suitable for beginners and professionals. The audiophile-inspired Marantz is aimed not least because of its Spartan front panel with little informative display on music lovers. Yamaha and Pioneer are particularly ambitious movie freaks with all their concepts.


Download: Test results at a glance


Download: Data and measured values ​​at a glance


Denon AVR-2313 (1,000 Euros), Marantz SR 6007 (1,000 Euros), Pioneer SC-2022 (1,000 Euros), Yamaha RX-A1020 (1.050 Euros)