The Kenwood AV-6070 receiver offers a complete Home theater solution if an 80HZ crossover is suitable for your set-up. I certainly wish someone would take my advice on this one...

Using the 6070 stricktly as a home theater prepro (not for music) this thing rocks and is as good or better than the 950, Acurus Act-3 or any other processor i've had in my home theater. I've wrote a few posts on this but everyone is saying to themselves this guy is crazy , KENWOOD? I was skeptical too but hearing is believing and for $400ish you get all the latest formats including THX processing using the Analog Devices Melody 32 bit chipset just like the new Denons coming out shortly..... I wish someone would take a 6070 home and just TRY IT as a pre for a few days then tell me i was right or tell me i'm full of sh*t

FWIW, the 3802 has a 32 bit DSP engine, the 2802 is only 24. I believe that the 3802 has 24/96 DACs, and the 3803 will have 24/192s. The 3803 will have more power too, but as a pre/pro, that doesn't matter much. The 3803 will add 60 and 40 Hz crossovers (but still more than likely global).

There are threads on HTF that have more differences.

power,
The Kenwood is intriguing. Problem is I already have a nice after-market remote and the Kenwood operates on RF. Also, are you saying the music performance, even as a preamp, is not so hot? I would prefer better for music, although a dedicated 2-channel preamp could fix that.

Kevin,
80 Hz is fine with me. Also, as we have seen, having the latest and greatest DSP engine doesn't mean a thing if the analog design is hiss-poor. Also I have a outboard DAC, so as long as the thing can decode DD/DTS/etc, that's enough for me.

Someone on the AVS forum said Integra is coming out with a pre/pro for $2k MSRP. I also see someone on audiogon is taking pre-orders on a B&K Ref 50.

I am still hoping (more like praying) for a hiss fix. I will try contacting Scott tomorrow and see if he has a solution.

AJ- Let us know if you talk to Scott/what he says. I could live with the 950 the way it is for a little while if I knew they were going to continue to work on the problem.