A newbie here, bought rx-477 from US a couple of days back. First plugged it directly to 220 v out of excitement and boom. Costed me 3.5k for repair. Got a step down transformer and started using again with my old 5.1 set. After few days it again blew up. This time a rear channel was gone. I also found that my centre speaker was blown too. Service guy gave me advice to go for better speakers. That's when i realized the complexity of the AV world and have kept the AV as a display piece since. Please help me in finding a matching pair of 5.1 speakers which will not harm the AV and give good output. My requirement is for movies and music 50-50, once in a while for house parties. I have auditioNed bose accoustimass 10 and they were impressive, but some expert advice will be really helpful in deciding.
I understand your feelings.. I bought a US model Marantz AVR and have not even taken out of the box because I do not have a step down transformer.