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Pre/pro upgrade

I have a home theater system with 5.1 at this point..looking at gradual upgrade and moving to 7.1. Currently, I have an Outlaw 7500 amp, Outlaw 990 pre/pro driving front channel B&W Matrix 501's and center channel small B&W (not sure of the model). Rears are Magnepan MMG's and the sub is Outlaw LFM1. I have an old pair of Aragon 4004's that I am selling to help fund a move to a new 7ch. amp with balanced inputs (that's why I'm not just using one of the 4004's)and want to upgrade to a pre/pro that has HDMI instead of DVI. I am considering among others the Integra 9.9 or the new 40.1 but I have also seen ads for a Sunfire TGP5 7.1 in this price range. Thoughts on the pre/pro choice or other suggestions please?
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I am curious to find out what speakers you are using that will do "the typical auto setup stuff (level matching, phasing, time delays and room mode correction)."

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I replaced a Benchmark DAC1 + Bryston BP-26 analog preamp with the Integra 9.8 and I don't believe I've given up anything.

Interesting. I guess this suggests (if you cannot hear a difference) that the jitter handling of the Integra is excellent - did you carefully A/B against the DAC1 ?

I use an Anthem AVM 20 and will eventually need to upgrade (perhaps to the D2) at some point and the Integra looks like great value. I find the Anthem 20 adequate for movies and DVD's but there is some slight audible jitter (disappointing but not surprising) and hence I prefer DAC1 as the source for music.
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