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Looking for Pre/Pro with great 2 ch sound

I'm looking for advice on pre-pro's with emphasis on 2-channel and multi-channel music performance. The budget is around 1500 for a used unit, or maybe up to about 3000 for a new one.

The leading candidate so far is a used Anthem AVM-20/30. I've read great reviews on their sound quality and the older ones seem like a good bang for the buck. I'm not concerned with HDMI or every last surround sound mode. My other candidate (if I can swing it) is a Linn Unidisk SC. If I go that route than it obviously combines a great disk player with the pre-pro. Any other ideas and/or opinions?

Thanks!
bmdduck
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mds
119 posts
 
A Meridian 568 or 568.2 would be an excellent used processor to get.

Good Luck
jylee
306 posts
 
I currently own Linn Unidisk SC. I have previously owned Meridian G68 and Proceed AVP2+6. They are all very musical. You should be able to put together musically satisfying system with any of these.

I like Unidisk simply because of its superb SACD performance. When playing SACD the background noise is so low you can hear and feel the recorded ambiance on many of the recordings. The redbook CD performance is also pretty good. Meridian was probably a touch more smooth and airy in redbook CD and DVD Audio, but the difference was small enough. Proceed sounds fuller and more authoritative compared to both Meridian and Linn. Proceed, while it was a very good processor, was tad dark sounding, and ultimately I preferred more lively and airy sound of Meridian and Linn.
mrmikesmail
37 posts
 
Cary cinema 11 should fit the bill. Balanced in and outs and rave reviews but it is audio only.
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