Hello all. I have a issue that i need help resolving. I am putting together my first home theater and was unpacking everything and realized that I am a idiot. While I tried to make sure I got all the features I was looking for I overlooked pre-outs. I contacted the dealer and he stated he would work with me on an exchange. So the two receivers I am now going between are the marantz 5003 and the onkyo 706. The onk has 10 more watts per channel and a couple more bells and dodadds than the marantz but the marantz boast about a much better amp section. I am planning on adding a 3 channel amp in the near future for the front stage so while wattage is important I dont think 10 watts is that big a deal. Please give me as much feedback ass possible and as to which all of yall would choose. By the way it' hooked to the RF-82 package. Thanks a bunch        Camaromoe 

Marantz sounds real good with Klipsch I have the sr 7300 and love the sound great for 2ch and HT.Never heard any Onkyo's so cant help you there.

While Marantz has a reputation for having a great amp section,  Onkyo's seem to have more features and a very good amp section(upper models dual push-pull).  I use an Onkyo TX-SR705 that I have owned for two years without a single problem at all.  It takes everything I throw at it. I have it hooked up to a 3 channel 200w/ch B&K that really rocks my RF-63's and RC-64 for music and movies.  I was considering changing to a Marantz SR6003 for mainly 2-channel and then backed off after I bought a vintage Marantz 2252b stereo receiver.  It now powers my Forte's in a spare bedroom.  Instead of changing receivers in my main setup, I bought an Onkyo DV-SP1000 player(discontinued) for all disks except BD and HD-DVD.  I am using the player's analog outs for CD's in  2-channel instead of a digital coax and letting the player's better DACs do the converting.  This change has made a tremendous difference in 2 channel music in my family room.  As far as movies, this player makes dvd's look like BD's and the sound like DDTrueHD and DTSMA.  No joke.  I never new regular dvd's could sound this good. 

Bill