Denon AVR-X1700H 7.2ch Dolby Atmos 8K AV Receiver £419 with voucher @ Peter Tyson eBay

Wattage does not matter in all but the most exceptional conditions.

I wish people would stop spreading this myth. You end up with poor blokes buying Arcam AVRs while running the most efficient Wharfedale speakers there are at a nominal listening distance....even with surrounds it does not matter.

Home Theatre subreddit is the best resource for AV Recommendations...

No, this is for proper speakers.

I think you are looking at the power rating for 2 speakers with high distortion.

My advice is to jump on avforums.com and ask in avforums.com/forums/av-receivers-amplifiers.44/

I wouldn't worry too much about the power through, unless you plan to listen at cinema levels of loudness.

The x1700 is great, but if you want more than 7 speakers (7.1 or 5.1.2), you jump upto x3800 or x4700.

You don't have to spend a fortune, you can get cheap speakers like q acoustic 3010 range for a fraction of the price of monitor audio, Dali, b&w, kilpsh speakers etc. I had the x2300 and monitor audio bronze 5.1 set for almost 6 years, costing just over £1k. (edited)

Same story with my 2800h even if any device is plugged into my tv or the avr unit, mine refuses to play dolby vision with dolby atmos at the same time for films that support both from my 4k google chromecast, it will only do one or the other. (edited)

I have this with a 2tb Sky Q 4k box connected to the Denon. It does work but you have to turn things on/off in the right order or you lose sound and have to reset the hdmi output on sky or hdcp version on the Denon.

It's not overkill, rather you are paying for features you don't want and not getting enough features you do want. The x1700 is fairly low end, the A1H is about £6k and by comparison to other brands like arcam, trinnov as the Trinnov Audio 16 is £18k!

If you are after just stereo I'm guessing it's for music. You should take a look at dedicated stereo amplifiers. Avforums can give you some recommendations based on the speakers you have or want. (edited)

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According to Richer Sounds yes they are now albeit slowly

Q acoustics 7000i if you're looking for 5.1.

Sadly glasses cost more than calculators. You need to goto Specsavers and read the small print.

So £479-£60 = £419

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If it's a dedicated room I would get the x3800 for the improved room correction features. But that costs £1200, and you still need to factor in speakers.

I highly recommended a 5.2.2 or 5.2.4 setup.

Soundbars work great in rectangular rooms with flat walls and ceiling (no windows, alcoves, L shaped room, etc) otherwise their surround sound won't work as it will bounce sound in the wrong directions (edited)

Only if you want 120hz vrr for a pc or games console. I have bought this and will sell in two years and upgrade to the Sony an1000 which launches June 2023. The Sony would be a good upgrade for you. £999 on launch, will likely be cheaper 6 months to a year once demand for it drops. I upgraded from the lesser Sony str790 and extra features in this Denon were worth it. The sound mix on my Polk 5.1.2 speakers are better than the Sony 790 and have a gaming pc hooked up to it althogh Atmos on it for pc gaming using Windows isn't working.