Preamp recommendation


Are there any modern multichannel (5-7ch) preamps on the market currently? Something along the lines of parasound P7 and Mcintosh C45 (both discontinued)  Need this for home theater and 2 channel playback. Any recommendations? 


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Ah, anyways, you're budget is very constrained.  Here's what you could probably realistically do:

Outlaw Audio 976 processor: $929
Monoprice Monolith 5x200 amp:  $1299

It's above you're budget, but it's worth stretching it.  It would be very hard to find something below this.  You can get a cheaper processor, but then you're looking at the very old stuff that is 12-17 years old (Krell HTS, Proceed AVP2, etc.).  These older devices are typically starting to fail around now.

Parasound amp would be okay.  The Parsound sound is slightly warm with soft rolled off highs.  That Parasound HCA-2205A amp on audiogon is an example.  I suspect the Monoprice Monolith might be a little cleaner and higher resolution.
I have an OPPO 205 analog out going to preamp. I don't need anything with a DAC. Just simple analog pre and an amp. 
Aux :

There is a Parasound P7 on eBay for around 1k. Possibly B stock, but says it's under warranty. I'm thinking about getting that and maybe another Krell KAV-500 which I currently own for my other setup. Price for both around 2k. Would that be better than outlaw and monolith? 

on a completely separate note:  Is there a way to connect an OPPO 205 main HDMI out to two different TV's at the same time without sacrificing quality? 
Yes, the Parasound P7 is definitely better than the Outlaw 976.  I googled for it.  Rather than trying to buy a b-stock from ebay, why not just buy a new one from Audio Advisor for the same price ($999).  They are currently having a 56% off sale on the P7 and you can have your choice of either silver or black.  I suspect that the P7 may be discontinued very soon.  Vendors typical do this type of sale right before the product is dropped.

Your Oppo 205 does have two HDMI outputs.  Even though the second output is labeled as "Audio Out", it will still output a full audio/video signal.  The difference between the outputs is the processing:

HDMI OUT (Audio Out):  This hdmi output will send raw unprocessed audio/video as it is read directly from the disc.  No processing or enhancement is applied to this output.

HDMI OUT (Main):  This hdmi output will also send audio/video, but it includes any processing or color adjustments that you make in the oppo menu for video adjustment, such as picture adjustment, DVD 24p conversion, de-interlacing, color, hue, noise reduction, etc.

So, you could use both hdmi outputs if you wanted.  But if you just want to use the MAIN output for two displays, you will need an HDMI Splitter.  The best 2-output splitter that I know of is the Gefen GTB-HD4K2K-142C-BLK.  You can get it for about $179 from BH Photo or Adarama.  If you upgrade the power supply adapter to a Teradak/Zerozone 5V linear power supply, it will improve the video quality as well.

You could get a cheap Monoprice Blackbird splitter for $85:

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=21613

Monoprice has had an iffy history with it's hdmi products.  Some work out, but some are not reliable or don't work.  It's cheap, though.