$480 - $600 AV receivers

The Bottom Line: The Pioneer VSX-1019AH-K delivers an excellent feature set and outstanding sound quality for its price, making it our top midrange AV receiver pick so far.

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:6, DTS Express, DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, DTS-ES decoder, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS-HD High Resolution, 9 bands, MP3, WAV, WMA, Universal remote control, Gloss black, 16.5 in x 13.7 in x 6.2 in, 19.2 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Denon AVR-1910 is a fully featured midrange AV receiver with standout upconverted video quality, although it's held back by some subpar design issues and average sound quality.

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, DTS 96/24, DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Pro Logic IIz, DTS-HD High Resolution, Universal remote control (Infrared), Black, 17.1 in x 14.8 in x 6.7 in, 23.6 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Yamaha RX-V663 sounds great, but it's tough to recommend with its paltry HDMI connectivity, poor upconversion quality, and other design quirks.

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, 665 Watt, 20 - 20000 Hz, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:6, DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD decoder, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Digital Surround EX, Universal remote control (Infrared), Black, 17.1 in x 15.5 in x 6.7 in, 26 lbs

The Bottom Line: The Denon AVR-789 sounds great and is fully featured, but isn't the easiest receiver to set up and use.

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:6, DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS-HD High Resolution, Digital graphic - 9 bands, Universal remote control (Infrared), 17.1 in x 14.8 in x 6.7 in, 25.4 lbs

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, 5 - 100000 Hz, DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Pro Logic IIz, Universal remote control (Infrared), 17.1 in x 17.1 in x 7.8 in, 39.7 lbs

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD decoder, Dolby Pro Logic IIz, Universal remote control (Infrared)

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, 20 - 20000 Hz, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:6, DTS Express, DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, THX Select 2, Dolby Digital, DTS-ES decoder, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS-HD High Resolution, 9 bands, MP3, WAV, WMA, Universal remote control, 16.5 in x 17 in x 6.8 in, 29.3 lbs

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, DTS 96/24, DTS decoder, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD decoder, Dolby Pro Logic, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Digital Surround EX, Graphic -, Universal remote control (Infrared), Black, 17.1 in x 15.5 in x 6.7 in, 26.2 lbs

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, 20 - 20000 Hz, DTS decoder, Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II, Universal remote control (Infrared), 17.3 in x 15 in x 6.5 in, 31.5 lbs

Specs: AV receiver, Surround Sound, 350 Watt, 8 - 100000 Hz (Analog), 8 - 45000 Hz (Digital), 87.5 - 108 MHz (FM), 530 - 1710 KHz (AM), DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:6, DTS-ES decoder, Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS-HD High Resolution, Universal remote control (Infrared), Black, 17.3 in x 14.4 in x 4.1 in, 19 lbs