Need help in picking a good preamp/processor

Ramesh,

I've never compared the Proceed PAV/PDSD side by side with the AVP, but I suspect the AVP is a bit inferior. The AVP2, OTOH, is probably at least equal and may be slightly superior, but it is more expensive used.

What I can say is that I've listened to many high-end systems, and, of course, they all sound a little different. People talk about warmth or coolness as their preferrred form of distortion, but I listen for openess and transparency, along with a large, well defined soundstage. The PAV/PDSD has not been wanting.

At one time, I thought I should try the convenience of a receiver, and it was OK for movies and HDTV, but that openess and transparency I look for in stereo was missing, so I went back to the Proceed stuff.

You should be aware, though, that the Proceed units do not handle component video, so if that is important to you, you might look elsewhere.

db

Donbellphd

Thanks for sharing your findings. I do not need any video switching as I send all video digitally to my DLP TV (DVI/HDMI). When HDMI or DVI switching becomes a standard and we have digital HD recorders/players I am sure will be very tempted to switch to more current models. But I think it is a while to go and I can use something more along the line of PAV/PDSD until then.

Regards
Ramesh

No no no..Krell HTS 5.1 of old. Connected digitally, as good as can be had for digital PCM and dts/dd.

Flrnlamb,

I am not sure I understand what you have said. Are you saying HTS 5.1 is as good as anything out there?, or do you mean it is not good because it is too old?

Regards
Ramesh

Flrnlamb,

Your response might be useful if we knew what elicited the triple no, otherwise in a series of posts we have no idea of your intent.

db