Thanks, that's kind of what I wanted to know.

I"m using Paradigm Monitors for my HT setup
Mains: M9
Center: M370
Surrounds: M3
Rears: No room

I've chosen the 9's because the sounded the best to me. I liked the sound, because to me it was a very clear, very true reproduction of the source material. I specificaly chose them over B&W/Boston/PSB/ and a few others that escape my memor right now, because they felt to muddy to me. As I stated before, I was poised to plunk down some cash for the Integra 6.3, however I had that "unfortunate" run in with the NAD seperates and saw the light.

What I prefered in the Integra (as opposed to the compairable models from Onkyo/Denon/ and HK) was that the other recievers were missing a lot of midtone. I felt that they were a lot more colored then the others. However I also auditioned the B&K 307, and something just felt to "thick" to me with the sound reproduction. (Same thing with the MacIntosh seperates I listened to). So long story short, it sounds like the OUtlaw would be the best bet, given the general view is that the Outlaw is a more "revealing" pre, which sounds more like It's up my alley.

Yet, as it has been said time and time again, the ultimate test will be taking the piece (or pieces-as I"m still working out which should be include in the final bout of the NAD/B&K/Outlaw/Rotel shootout) home and listening to them in person-a title bout to be sure.

Whew, that's a mouthfull. But thanks for the help in making up my mind to give this piece a shot in the title round. Now it's just a matter of saving up my sheckles for the big fight.

[This message has been edited by fmcorps (edited June 07, 2002).]