AV Processor Question

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Great post dude! That answers my question perfectly.

Thanks to everyone else for your 2 cents, it's great to hear a balanced set of opinions and ideas.

Great forum!

rev
PS: Post closed as far as I'm concerned

Rev,

Have fun. Glad the community could give you some thoughts that were helpful.

Theo

@Saeyedoc/Paraneer. I too had an Onkyo pre 885 and a Parasound Hca2205AT power amp. My Oppo 95 did the processing via 5.1 multichannel analogue ins. Sounded good and actually sounded better than digital with Audyysey XT calibrated. Analogue multichannel sounded better than the digital hands down.

But there was a weak link, it was processing twice. So I looked into Dared.

Researched and bought a Dared DV-6C integrated- multichannel analogue hybrid Tube. Next level. Simply smoked my Pre/power combo I had.

Everything is running purely straight to Oppo 95 with multichannel 2.1/5.1
With my Oppo acting as pre. Just stunning. This $400 integrated brought my system to level I couldn't imagine. You will need an efficient speaker say 90-91 or more to feel the 65x6 power rating. As I run Paradigm Signature S2's V3 with them and it stomps on that 220x5 power I had.

I would refer the Dared to all or everyone who wants great 2 channel/5.1 multichannel movie viewing and stunning two chanbel music. And I also put money back in my pocket simplifying my system of cords.

I'm still amazed at the sound difference....

"AV Receivers all seem to come with amplification and I don't need more amplification. I certainly don't want to pay for it if I've already got it"

IRRELEVANT! Priced of otherwise superior sounding AV receivers on the used market, which can be had for $150 - which included 7.1 ch, Dolby HD/DTS Master, Auto volume and EQ adjust, Audyssey MultEQ, 1080p HDMI 1.4 upscaling, pre-amp out's, and a host of other nicesties - makes the fact that you have included 125watts x 7 of power a moot point! WE'RE TALKIN BARELY $100+ FOR ALL OF THAT, AND SOME OF THESE THINGS SOUND INCREDIBLE FOR WHAT THEY DO!! (yes, better digital processing than 10 year ago Mark Levinson Digital on board currently with most any AV receiver around!)
Yeah, you get the amps thrown in for mere peanuts, my boy! You can use em or not use em. I mean you get a used superb sounding Harman Kardon AVR 354 for $175 on the used market, and sonics are simply stellar! -with or without using the amps in the sucker! (that's 24/192 dac's, 7ch processing with DD and DTS HD, Parmetric EQ, HDMI 1080 Faroudja processing, and ultra smooth detailed and clean sound quality!
I'm simply amazed at how cheap you can throw together some pretty darn good movie and stereo sound quality for dirt cheap any more on the used. It's a wonderful thing

Dunno why you'd NEED to have any currently newly marketed amp these days, new. There's so much dirt cheap used new condition amps out there that will blow your socks off for pennies on the dollar!
CIP, I just sold an othewise superb sounding HCA1205 Parasound (THX cert and independent volume gain conrols -all channels, John Curl Design), for $375 used!!
You buy some HK AVR254 7.1 digital HD receiver, with all the latest bells and whistles for $150 on the used, and even a Parasoud HCA806 6 channel power amp ((bridges to 150 watts x 3 ch for main front's, if you please - I recently sold one for $240 on CL!), and for $400 you simply don't get any appreciably supperior sound quality from most any reasonably priced AV gear out there for real world applications! Simply stellar audio video quality here, really! ..on the cheap cheap. Just sayin....it's like Christmas every day on the used AV net market, no doubt...You gotta be lovin it!