If you don't need 5.1 inputs for DVD-A/SACD, I don't think there's any better buy out there than the Lexicon MC-1. Because of the arrival of the MC-8 and the MC-12, they can be had for a song, especially used. Jeff
I met Vance at CES a couple of years ago. Very sharp guy, and quite nice too. For a while, I had owned the Atlantic Technology System 370THX system: I was impressed to learn that Vance had designed it. Jeff