HT,

I have been listening to my friends rotel in stereo every weekend since he got it, 2 months ago. I can definitely live with the sound I hear. I may not be as picky as you in regards to musicality but the instruments sounds so much clearer and separate. The music seems be around you and not in front of you. I'm not good at explaining this but when you listen to an orchestra for example, you are given this sense of hearing the instruments where they should be.

I have tried his rotel in my system but only for a few hours. To me, it sounded the same as his. Actually it sounded better through my towers. I haven't tested the HT performance though so I don't know how it would match my system. Man, the more we discuss this, the less that 400 difference seems to be