I just recabled and upgraded my 7.2 Home Theater system yesterday, by adding a beautiful Anthem PVA-5, 5 channel amp to my system and swapping out the Toshiba SD9200 DVD Audio player for the Philips SACD 1000 SACD player. So, the system is like this -

Philips SACD 1000
Onkyo 797 for preamp/processor
Outlaw ICBM bass management unit
Anthem PVA-5 (5 channel amp)
Kenwood KA9100 (2 channel amp for channels 6+7)
Michaura M665 towers front L/R (like M60s)
Klipsch KLF-7 center
Michaura M66 side surrounds (like M50s)
Mission 77ds back surrounds
Klipsch LF10 sub
Velodyne CT100 sub (subs from stereo sub outs in Outlaw)

Anyway, took all day to rewire the system, and I was full of great anticipation when I powered it up. Hit the power button on the gorgeous Anthem PVA-5 amp when I saw a great purple lightning bolt from inside the Anthem, and a really loud quantum POP, a wisp of white smoke and a silence as profound as deep space. They can't hear you scream in space, you know.

Hoping Anthem customer service is on par with Axiom!


Enjoy the Music. Trust your ears. Laugh at Folks Who Claim to Know it All.