Just sold my m80s and denon receiver, to a good home. I'm making the jump to the lfr1100s. I'm going to run them with a xpa-2 500 2channel amp on each speaker. I'm wondering what i should get for my receiver /processor.

I was looking into the xmc-1 through emotiva. Any thoughtsthoughts or better ways to drop 1500$ on the
receiver processor?

also my m80s v3 I sold for $1000 should i have gotten more? I only had them for a year

That's not a terrible price for the M80s. I would probably look at a receiver to use as a pre/pro; you just get more for your dough.

I think you did pretty good if you had a standard finish. There is a Marantz pre pro for around 1500 bucks that a lot of people like(I have never used one).

Any thoughts on the anthem line? I'm not sure of price bit have heard they are the cats meow. Or what other options do i have for a pre pro?

Instead of a high dollar processor I'd look into a receiver with preouts that has all the bells and whistles you're looking for. I imagine it would be cheaper with more features for the $$$$.

Thats a lot of power. Very nice!

U bet im sure I won't be disappointed.

Anthems are ok, but they are going to be about 5k+$$... are you going to run RCA outs or XLR'S? i would get the onkyo processor, it has both XLR and RCA, if you wanted something with a bit better build quality you could get the integra....

I am going to mirror what the others have said, i would not spend a boat load of cash on a processor... I have a Krell HTS 7.1, which retailed for 9,000$+ when new (i bought mine used)... I will not be buying another krell processor.. I will most likely be buying the integra product. I though about the marantz, i have owned their stuff in the past, but the integra/onkyo have more features. From now on, i think i will limit the amount that i spend on a processor to around the 2,500$ and below range, i personally can not justify spending the extra money that the high end names want.. Granted the build quality on the Krell is phenomenal, all machined aluminium, nothing stamped which i really like.. But, for the price premium, at this point i would rather invest the extra cash because i can not really "hear, or see" a big difference... When i got the Krell, it was replacing a NAD, and at the time my roomate said that he could not tell any difference between the two processors...


With the anthem, you have to pay extra for the mic ect i think... I did some reading about them... I seem to remember having to pay for something with the Anthem product that was included by everyone else...

acessories4less has the onkyo processor fr 1,549$$..
http://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-s...rocessor/1.html

Here is a NAD T175HD for 1,699$, they also have the T187, but that is 3,000$
http://www.spearitsound.com/Products-Surround_Pre_Pros.html

I have bought products from both of the above companies, and would buy from them again.. When spearit sound had a store in Boston, i would go there and look at the stuff they had and just B.S, for an hour or two.. They are a good bunch of guys. Accessories 4 less is quite popular with people on the forum.

Between the Onkyo and NAD, if you were going to use RCA's, then i personally would choose the NAD, NAD in my opinion is a better built product than Onkyo. However, the Onkyo will most likely have more features....

Good luck.

Another question to upgrading to the lfr1100s, what can I do with my m80s? Where can I use them in my setup? Able to use the two of them as centers?

Guy backed out due to money issues so keeping them.

Also decided integra either dtr80. 3 or the dhc80. 3