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I need help bad

I have an older carver c1000a 200w x 5 to drive my atc's ! fronts atc scm20's, rear atc scm12's, center revel voice and sub atc 1/15 and love them but want them to sing more and need a theater setup, these speakers need alot of power, can anyone help with a new reciever-blu ray player or do I need to go to separates, cannot break the bank but want something really really good, thanks !!!!!
cshouse007
elevick
2,638 posts
 
Can I Carver bash?
I'm not trying to cause trouble but besides being very loud, they really lack the clarity and detail of many others. I swore by my Carver until I heard others. Bob Carver got it right with the Sunfires though. Get my hint...
cshouse007 OP
16 posts
 
thanks but I don't think sunfire makes anything with dts hd, which I'm told you need with blu ray !
cshouse007 OP
16 posts
 
I should add budget is 3,000.00
seditious3
184 posts
 
I'd go with used seperates off audiogon. You can do very well for a processor for 1000-1500 tops (krell, rotel, arcam, lexicon, b&k), and the same amount for a 5-channel amp. There's a new Arcam AVP 700 processor for 1200 (which may not be a good match for blu-ray), and a B&K Reference 200.5 5-channel amp for for 1400.

I agree that the older Carver stuff sucks.
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