Proceed avp or Pav with surround sound decoder

i use the proceed avp strictly as a 2 channel preamp/dac in my office system and am very pleased. as i understand it the pav/decoder combo was the top of proceed's line, cost much more and had more features than the (one-box) avp, but shared the same basic architecture; according to the reviews there's not a ton of difference in sound quality. if you're using either of them for surround, my concern would be that their technology is dated--these are late 90s units and don't have all the latest gizmos.

gizmos dont impress me sound qaulity does All of the video switching is not important especially when u can go direct to monitor snd if u use a pronto or similar remote it does all the swithing u need. Hard pressed to find any processor with this sound quality without spending easily over $6000 to $10000 grand. Power amps also exceptional