Which HT reveiver to replace Nak av-10?

I would look into the Yamaha line and see what you could find at a discount...

When my AV-8 died,this is what I did and at well under half the price!

It outperformed my Nakamichi in almost every way (although setting it up was more complex, but once done it worked very well).

You'd be surprised to see how far along quality has increased for less and less bucks.

I also have heard some nice things in regard to the Denon line as well.

Good Luck!

Here's 3 letters that is very hard to beat, IMHO.
Great amplifier, ability to handle difficult loads and
a lot more bang for your buck.... N A D.

Good luck and happy listening.

The new higher end Onkyo and Denon AVR's have all the bells and whistles, support all advanced audio codecs and have lots of inputs. I have the new Onkyo 805, which can be had within your budget. You should go to AVSforum.com where there's lots of info on the latest AVR's.

Depending on how much power/wattage you need, NAD and Marantz are two excellent choices for under $1K. You'll get more output wattage/dollar from Marantz A-V receivers than you will from NAD. I went with the Marantz SR5600 in June 2006 and I'm very pleased with it. I had been an NAD loyalist for well over 20 years but I just couldn't swing the higher price. Just wasn't in the budget. I wanted at least 90 watts rms x 7 and the 5600 deliver that easily. Room size is fairly large and open. I agree with the other recommendation of Denon and Yamaha but I would place NAD and Marantz a notch above.

The most future-resistant AV receivers on the market right now are from Onkyo. Unless something has changed in the last 2 weeks, they're the only ones who have fully implemented HDMI 1.3 switching and decoding--at least as much as is currently available. Their latest can extract the Dolby TrueHD datastream from an HDMI input and decode it at the receiver.