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Upgrading Proceed Amp 5 to Cary Cinema 5????

I hear great reviews from a lot of people on this site about the Cary Cinema 5 but is it worth up grading to the Cary Cinema 5 from my Proceed Amp 5? I'm just maybe getting the up grade bug.
I have a Krell Showcase Pre/Pro. Usher Tiny Dancers for the mains and the matching center, 2 channel is my first love then movies.
tropicalpests
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dbphd
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I doubt it would be an upgrade. You might instead consider upgrading the pre/pro, depending on how important music is to you.

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rlwainwright
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Proceed amps are *very* good. This is a lateral move at best. Replace the speakers if you really want to upgrade your sound...

-RW-
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What Pre/Pro would you recommend? I just bought the Showcase used and liked it way better than the ADA I had, especially in 2 channel.
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dbphd
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It depends on how important HDMI and lossless codecs are to you. From what I understand the Krell is great for HT, not so good for music. A good choice for sound quality might be a Proceed PAV/PDSD, but you wont get HDMI nor the latest processing. There are excellent expensive choices like the Classe CT-SSP. I went with a Cary Cinema 11a for its sound quality, HDMI, and latest processing, but they are buggy -- even the manual suggests not using its automated room correction.

I'm not at all familiar with your speakers, and that may be the place to start as RW suggests.

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