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Affordable Processor with Fabulous 2 Channel ?

Gang,

I'm using my Mytek Brooklyn DAC as a pre for music and TV. It is fabulous sounding but I really would like to have 5.1 channel surround, and a single remote! 

Is there an affordable processor (used OK) that has at least as good 2 channel performance? Emotiva is right out. I owned one, and it sounded thin as paper. I note that there are a lot of Krell processors for sale at reasonable prices. 

Thoughts?

Erik
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caphill
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@erik_squires  

Just wondering, which processor did you end up getting or are you still shopping around? 
erik_squires OP
16,410 posts
 
Still looking, and still unpacking. :) 

Right now I am running with a Mytek Brooklyn as my DAC/preamp. It is hoooked up to the TV via optical. My source is Roku. 

I have a Parasound P7 and Oppo still boxed up. 

There's no guarantee I'll really ever go back to 5.1. It's just such a cable mess, and takes time to set up properly. 
jwincville
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What about the NAD m17v2?  Where would that stack up in this bunch? I have heard that NAD as great sound for music, and now comes with Dirac Live for HT...  I don't know if this is in the same league, but I would think it would be very competitive.
erik_squires OP
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I like the M17 V2 technically, but from a sound quality / music no one is rooting for them.
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willland
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"I like the M17 V2 technically, but from a sound quality / music no one is rooting for them."

@erik_squires ,

Not disputing but curious, why is that?

I have been using an NAD T175HD pre/pro for close to 6 years and have been very impressed with it's musical prowess.  I am sure Anthem, Onkyo/Integra, and a few others would be a bit "better" for HT because they may be more analytical, which I prefer for HT, and more modern feature laden, but my NAD does a lot right for music.

Bill  
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