Why no love for Integra's?

"Like Njs says, people love to express their opinions but often they aren't based on any actual experience."(regalma1)

Yeah, this is VERY MUCH TRUE of audio indeed!
I remember a quote from some multi-millionare guy I read once, which was "The crowd is ALWAYS wrong!" Guess this explains why one well known audio company, that starts with a "B" has been the most successful of all time in selling speakers and stuff! Oh wait! On second thought, THAT MUST BE IT!--Just sell the masses some cruddy sounding hi-fi gear, and advertise
the bejesus out of it in Mothers day Magazine, and Better Homes and Gardens, AND YOU CAN'T LOSE!!!!!!!! What a concept

Jack,

We hear ya. No idea why, you are correct, Integra is basically Onkyo Elite gear. We've just pulled the Integra receiver that we used for 3 years and we're just blown away at the lack of interest in Integra gear. That's our DPC 8.5 up there which is still an in production available CD/DVD/SACD...unit. Honestly, it had alot to do with us deciding NOT to go with the new Integra Pre/Pro. We have tastes that change occasionally and we aren't interested in gear that we've paid good money for that is still in Tip Top working condition that we can't re-sell.

G-2, how did the DPC 8.5 sound? Looks like it's got discreted circuitry with Wolfson DAC's, etc. With a list price of ~ $500 this looks pretty good on paper.

First I will admit that while I love my movies, I'm much more in to my 2 channel stereo rig. That said I did purchase a home theater set up a few years ago from a small shop that was going under. I scored an Integra receiver, dvd player, and energy speakers and sub for around 900 bucks. New it all would have cost about $2100.00 I'm happy with it. Sound is pretty good though I'm sure there is better. I'm not willing to spend big bucks on upgrading though. Might buy a new center channel speaker or something but all in all I think Integra is far from lowly.