It's a tough market for pre-pros right now. Even the big dogs of audiophilia seem to be waiting on the sidelines, lagging behind with HDMI 1.1, old codecs, etc. Yesterday I looked around at my list of "if I had a billion" toys, and saw that B&K, Proceed Halo, NAD Master Series, Lexicon, and Mark Levinson all lack pre-pro that I would buy right now, even if $$ were no object. Meanwhile, Denon wants $7,000 for its Pre-pro, and Inegra adds no features over the 9.9 AVR, but keeps the price the same for the identical pre-pro sans amps. It seems like the only place to get all the basic 2008 features is a mid-level AVR. Very strange; to me anyway. Emotiva and Outlaw/Sherwood should rush their products to the market.


Panny 3000 PJ, 118" Carada, Denon 3300, PS3, Axiom QS8, PSB 5T, B&W sub, levitating speaker wire