HT Proc. with 5.1 analog in, under 1k, good sound?

I found this in a forum post: "At first, I also thought that the inputs were strictly bypass, but after fooling around with it, you can disable the "direct" function and should be able to engage surround processing for analog sources."

So it seems the reviewer was wrong about this.

http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/processors/cary-cinema-6
See the Cons list

Take a look at www.emotiva.com. They dropped the price of their best processor to about $800. I suspect they are clearing it out for a new model. I did some research on this and the consensus from a few users was that it is a very good unit. Unlike the Outlaw, which both people who responded to my inquires said was fatiguing after awhile.

Regalma1 - The emotiva looks awesome. Apparently it is built around the same architecture as the Sunfire. For $900 new, it has everything that I'm looking for, though I have to admit cosmetics-wise I prefer the Cary.

If it doesn't work out with the Cary, I'll probably end up picking one of these up new.

Thanks all for the help - I bought the Cary Cinema 6.

Goat,

I just listened to my analog tuner in dpl II with the cinema 6.

I think you'll like it.

Mark