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I've looked at couple of processor's and although these are over my budget I'm intrigued by Anthem and Sony's TA900ES. Not many people talking about Sony here - is there a reason?
Personally, I've had far too many problems with anything from Sony that wasn't a TV in the past. Their receivers and optic drives especially. As such, I'd never recommend them though I've heard the ES line lacks much of the reliability problems. Personally, my experience with their service department is still enough for me to warn against them.
Anthem on the other hand is fantastic.
