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Mr. Anderson Neo

Wasn't Neo Young the 14-and-under Neil Young cover band that played the same TV variety show as Negative Orange back in 1974?

I don't know, but I bet CV has the tear-stained Menudo t-shirts to prove it.

menudo-stained menudo shirt. Mmmm... beef tripe.

Thanks for sharing your experience. This gives me some idea about the differences between Icepower and the A1400

What is a 20A circuit? is that something that's built into the hydro transformers near by? sorry I have no idea haha

LOL - check you panel in your house. Most are '15 AMP' but your Dryer and Range will be '30AMP'. You can also put in a '20 AMP' and that's what he's talking about.

Now, for the rest of you. Man, you guys are cheap! Why are you here??? Listen, you get what you pay for for. And if this was a rudimentary, $1500 7 channel amp, I wouldn't even look at it - I can get those at Walmart and won't hear any sonic differences.

You want Emotiva?? Go for it! I'm not saying they're crap, I am saying amps like that are a dime a dozen and they offer nothing new in technology.

Nothing like stirring the pot eh? But hey, if you want the same sound as everyone else, go for it. I'm not saying they're 'bad' amps or anything. But if you want to get to that 'next' level, Emotiva won't do it. Not sure if the A1400 will, but from what I've read it will.

Well, I would hope that the A1400-8 wouldn't change the already perfect sound I get from my Onkyo.

What would you guys recommend for a compatible preamp/processor for the A1400? Would something like the Anthem AVM 2 be a good candidate?

I listen to music a lot and I'm going to need something that I could use an external DAC with, like analog stereo bypass mode.

thanks.

Kap, I long ago realized that "you get what you pay for" was simply a slogan contrived by sellers of high-priced goods or services who had no objective way to justify themselves. It has no more reality in audio than anywhere else and specifically relating to amplification, the great thing about the present scene isn't multi-thousand dollar receivers or separate units, but rather the excellent quality available to us in units priced at a few hundred dollars. Transparent amplification(flat frequency response from 20Hz-20KHz, with inaudibly low noise and distortion)is all that's possible and throwing more money at the issue can't change that. Controlled blind listening tests show that when the labels and price tags disappear so do the alleged sound differences which were previously described in extravagant terms("huge", "night-and-day", "blows away", etc.).

You first need to pin down exactly what you want IE: what sources will you be using, do you want to get into Lossless/HD audio?? Do you want video processing???

Personally, I'd wait a few months. I'm very curious to see how well the new Cary Audio Cinema 11a Pre shakes out. It’s been delayed time and time again waiting for the Cirrus Logic chipset they are using to pass DTS testing with DTS/HD:M. Cirrus just passed testing a couple weeks ago, and the 11a is getting real close to being released. Cary is saying September now. For more info: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=809659&page=32