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04-18-2003, 08:46 AM
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I'd take a look at the Lexicon MC-8
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04-18-2003, 10:17 AM
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Unless you listen with your ears against the speaker at deafening levels you will never hear any noise w/ the B&K. I did an ab comparison in my house between the B&K and the Krell, for theater and multichannel music I found no difference, for 2 channel stereo I would give the edge to the Krell.
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04-18-2003, 10:48 AM
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What about sherbourn combo PT-7000 Pre Processor and 7/2100 7-Channel Amplifier or 5/5210 5-Channel Amplifier.
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04-18-2003, 11:31 AM
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A couple of prepros in this price range
Aragon Stage One
Integra Research RDC-7(maybe even the new DTC-9.4)
Krell Showcase
Sunfire Theater Grand III
Tag McLaren AV32R-bp192
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04-18-2003, 02:28 PM
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Ted,
If this system will have any 2-channel aspirations at all (even just 10% of your time), then my advice will be contrary to most anyone else on this site.
First of all, I will assume you aren't fabulously wealthy with unlimited funds. If you truly have hundreds of thousands of dollars to throw at your system, then you can certainly ignore my advice.
Otherwise, my advice is to spend as little as you can tolerate on a pre/pro. It's application (along with any multi-channel power amp you mate it with) will not require mega-buck resolution. It will just be used for dialog (Center Speaker), LFE (subwoofer), and effects/noises (rear and side speakers). None of these signals will need the "hi-end" capability required of critical 2-channel music reproduction. (Actually, there's no reason to overspend on those speakers either).
Instead, dedicate the lion's share of your budget on a stereo preamp, stereo power amp (or monoblocks), and main speakers. They will incur double duty as the foundation of your Home Theater for multi-channel as well as the sole participants in music playback. for my home system, my HT Integrated/processor costs about 1.5 % of my total budget.
If you feel I'm completely loony, I'm sure you're not alone. Otherwise, you can find some of my older posts that describe this philosophy of mine in more detail. Actually, I'm not alone - there's more than a few "silent minority" guys who have been converted.
Kevin
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04-18-2003, 03:27 PM
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At the price levels you're talking about, you owe it to yourself to take a serious look at the Lexicon MC-8. You will not find a more flexible or configurable pre/pro on the market (unless you go for the Lex MC-12  ), and it does everything you could ever want for both HT and music.
M.
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04-18-2003, 06:10 PM
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The Krell Showcase is a very nice peice and sounds great as so does the Sunfire GT3. I was at the CES show in Vegas and listened to the Sunfire pre/pro and it was very nice. Let say that I had a chance to hear alot of brands that many people have never hear of and stuff that is not easy to find. If you are considering the upper end of the spectrum in HT/Audio. You may want to look at the McIntosh MX-134? If I had the money I would by this one and maybe add a lexicon processor to it? But buy itself it is a awsum pre/pro. I have a Yamaha RV-X995 reciever and I am iching to upgrade it sometime soon. I am looking at Rotel, Sunfire, Adcom, B&K and maybe even the Denon AVR-5803 as a pre/pro? The flexability of this reciever is awsum and I would not have to buy amps right off the bat. But of course it has to be HD compatible, and be 6.1 or 7.1. Adcom made an impressive showing at this years CES show and besides a impressive product line including a up and coming dvd/dvd-a player to be anounced soon. They are shipping there gear in wood crates. I will be buying the Adcom dvd player as soon as it is available, retail $1000. I would just take your favorite material audio and video and buy what you like and what will work best for you  .
Sunfire
McIntosh
Krell
Pioneer Elite Reciever
Denon 5803 Reciever
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04-19-2003, 07:25 AM
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Mike,
Do you own the B&K or something else? How did you like the Krell. Do you think it will hold up? The only thing about the Krell is it is not THX Ultra 2 certified whether that makes a difference or not. Thanks,
Ted
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