Who makes the best quality A/V receiver?

Pioneer Elite is my choice. I own a B&K AVR-307 (www.bkcomp.com) receiver and it is by far the best "bang for the buck" type of reciever I have ever heard! Having been a very high end salesperson for brands ranging from Denon, Yamaha, Pioneer Elite, to McIntosh, and Krell, the MAJOR factor to consider is HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO SPEND? My receiver was about $3000 Retail a few years ago, but to be honest, other than not having HDMI, it is STILL competitive in today's market! But if you have more money than I did, the names to consider would be Krell (www.krellonline.com) and McIntosh (www.mcintoshlabs.com) That is, assuming you have AT LEAST $5000 to spend at one time on a receiver. You also need to let us know what type of listening environment and speakers you have/plan on using. These ALL matter and make a huge difference in what you should be considering! To be honest, the best brand I sold at a "reasonable" price were Denon's (www.usa.denon.com) mid/high end stuff, like the AVR-5805 Mk II or even the AVR-3806 which is MUCH more reasonably priced and VERY well equipped! Yamaha is a VERY good brand as well and you can't go wrong with most of their products either, but at the VERY LEAST, put Sony OUT of your list of "maybe's" as a previous post said, they make great SMALL electronics, but their components have never been worth the money they charge!

Hope this helps! i have a marantz sr4400 and it rocks-but there are better ones out there namely pioneer yamaha (who are specialists in this feild) denon and harmon kardon. Marantz, Krell, McIntosh. i own a marantz, but pioneer elite, and macontosh are also excellent. try stepping out of best buy sometime, there is a hole new world of home audio that you dont get there. I have admired the Onkyo receivers for a long time. Now I own one and it is great. There newest ones should have theHDMI inputs. just answered your own question, really any a/v receiver that supports HDMI a very good bet. better yet, best a/v receivers are those that are certified to work with hdtv's to actually display a 1080p signal--only a/v receivers dawning the SIMPLAY HD logo are certified to actually return your investment via proper implementation of HDMI chipset.

the "best" receivers cost as much as $100k, recommend you abandon "best" quest, unless you can afford it. sony and yamaha's latest products will suffice, assuming you have hdtv that can display 1080p, using hdmi cables, and hd-dvd or blu-ray dvd.

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