I do plan on using the MC 352 for the Duns.
I have considered both an AVR with pre outs or a pre pro with separate amps.
I'm leaning toward just a pre pro as I have some old Marantz soild state amp,s DC 170', I just recapped that could be used for rears and center. Was also looking at some of the Emotiva multichannel amps as a possibility.
One question I have is that do i really need the lossless HDMI connection for audio, if the pre has analouge multi channel inputs. Wouldn't the Oppo BR player be able to decode and send analogue?
If I could eliminate the HDMI Audio needs and connect the players HDMI to the TV for video, it would open up a world of used quality pre pro that people have offed in to upgrade to HDMI.
thoughts?
thanks for the help,
dw