Ok my mom has Anthem seperates on paradigm sigs, I can take her processor AVM 50 to my rotel amps and it sounds different than the rotel processor. The processor makes the equipment sound different not the amps there just for power. And yes I call it dynamic range in a action flick when the sound sweeps through and you are ducking from flying objects. That is the processor that makes it happen. You can not get the same from a receiver that is all I'm saying. I own both and I would always say if you can swing it go with seperates. The new processors you can always update and I think will last longer then a receiver that tends to run hot even in the open.
