I have a nearly dedicated HT setup with a 120" screen/projector setup, 5.2 surround where the front 3 channels are smaller bookshelf speakers with dual 5.25" drivers with tweeters, and rear surrounds. I have dual 18" subs with separate amplifiers to drive them. I don't have any interest is going beyond the 5.2 speaker setup, and I rarely if ever crank up the volume.
I am currently running an aging HT receiver (Onkyo TX-SR876) for surround processing, video switching, and amplification of the 5 channels. It's fine, and still running even though they were famous for dying due to over-heating HDMI boards. It runs very hot, but I purchased it refurbished, so it must have been fixed and fixed well.
My needs have become very simplistic over the years. I have only 2 sources now; a streaming box (ROKU or Amazon Fire Stick), and a blu-ray player. I run the blu-ray player maybe a hand full of times per year at best, so it's mostly just the streaming box. That said, I'm wondering if a simple surround processor/amp with video switching exists? I've been out of the game for some time.
What I'd like is a simple box that has 2 to 4 HDMI inputs, the latest surround modes, 5.1 or preferably 5.2 outputs where only the .2 is pre-out, and enough power to drive my 5 bookshelf speakers to a decent volume. I don't need/want anything more; no am/fm radio, no music streaming, no game crap, no analog inputs, nothing. I do need some sort of 12v trigger for my subwoofer amps as well. Even my current solution isn't so great. Does this exist?
