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<blockquote data-quote="Arnwyn" data-source="post: 494560" data-attributes="member: 7701">First - no, you'll barely notice a receiver that has THX certification. Really, if you have DTS-ES you'll be more than just fine.As to the inputs - think about what you want for the future. I, for one, need a receiver that has 5 digital inputs (4 optical, 1 coax): optical: Xbox, PS2, CD jukebox, MD deck; coax: digital cable.No, you do not need an optical input for the GameCube - ProLogic II (the best sound the GC is capable of) does not use digital inputs. An HDTV receiver/set-top box, though, will likely have a digital output (thus requiring a digital input in your receiver) - thus you're at 3 required inputs already (Xbox, DVD, HDTV).The Sony DE985 seems okay, but it doesn't look like it has any component inputs - not good if you have any games (either for your GC or Xbox) that use progressive scan.No experiences with Kenwood, but I haven't heard anything bad about them (in fact, you're pretty much okay with JVC, Sony, Panasonic, or Kenwood - and certainly Onkyo and Denon, as the Baron noted above). JVC, though, seems to be lagging with features in recent models (which is a shame, because their Compu-Link idea is pure genius). The Kenwood 6070 looks pretty slick (especially for that price!), but it's digital inputs are lacking - who uses *two* coax inputs?(As you can tell, I love talking home theatre receivers...) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arnwyn, post: 494560, member: 7701"] First - no, you'll barely notice a receiver that has THX certification. Really, if you have DTS-ES you'll be more than just fine. As to the inputs - think about what you want for the future. I, for one, need a receiver that has 5 digital inputs (4 optical, 1 coax): optical: Xbox, PS2, CD jukebox, MD deck; coax: digital cable. No, you do not need an optical input for the GameCube - ProLogic II (the best sound the GC is capable of) does not use digital inputs. An HDTV receiver/set-top box, though, will likely have a digital output (thus requiring a digital input in your receiver) - thus you're at 3 required inputs already (Xbox, DVD, HDTV). The Sony DE985 seems okay, but it doesn't look like it has any component inputs - not good if you have any games (either for your GC or Xbox) that use progressive scan. No experiences with Kenwood, but I haven't heard anything bad about them (in fact, you're pretty much okay with JVC, Sony, Panasonic, or Kenwood - and certainly Onkyo and Denon, as the Baron noted above). JVC, though, seems to be lagging with features in recent models (which is a shame, because their Compu-Link idea is pure genius). The Kenwood 6070 looks pretty slick (especially for that price!), but it's digital inputs are lacking - who uses *two* coax inputs? (As you can tell, I love talking home theatre receivers...) :) [/QUOTE]

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