Hi Everyone,
While This is my first post to the forum, but I've been reading it on a weekly basis for over a year now.

I need help deciding. I currently own an HK-525 receiver with the Klipsch flagship RF7 speakers which sounds great by the way. But, I need to upgrade to separates, I'm trying to decide between the Outlaw 990/770, Anthem AWM30/MCA50, NAD T163/T973 or the Aragon Stage one/2007.

I'm more 90% music(7.1) and 10% Movies.

-How does the Oulaw 990/770 combo stand up againts the mentioned combos above (Forget about the best bang for the buck)? (I mean soundwise, specially music wise)

-Did anyone in here is using Klipsch speakers with Outlaw? Is it a good match?

-Will the 990/770 sound better than a receiver such as the HK 7300?(Forget about the advantage in power in favor of the Oulaw combo)

I haven't heard the Outlaw combo yet, but I heard the Anthem combo and it sounds great, but does the Anthem combo really worth $2000 Canadian more than the Outlaw combo?

TIA

i ve owned the hk 7300 .. a nice piece but you will be happier with the outlaws .. your klipsch ref will sound great .. outlaw amps are neutral and will not get your klipsch too bright .. the 7300 is nice dont get me wrong .. but i think they have too much going on in one box.... HK wont givce you all you want out of your klipcsh .. hk ;s are very warm good for B&W paradigm etc.. the outlaws will show you what your klipsch are made of ..

NAD is still having trouble getting into the prepro world .. they have alot of bugs... anthem great set but imo not worth the $1000 's more than outlaw .. aragon i cant say..

oh and i have used ATI amps with klipsch .. great ... ati makes outlaws amps .. cannot go wrong.. with you being 90% movies you'll notice a ton of difference between separates,, and one boxers (recievers),,

I use the 990, 7100 and the Klipsch KG4.5's, RC-3, RS-35's... Sounds good to me, and a step above in audio clarity than the Sony 4ES I was using for a pre-amp prior. I set the tone to Bass +4 and Trebel +1, but that might be too much bass for the RF-7's.

Now if I could just prevent "The Matrix" from popping out the backs of the speakers, I would be ok. I had to open one of them so far, and use liquid nails to fix the back. When Trinity is first seen in the first movie, and she does the first slow-mo leap, the backs of the KG's came loose...

Thinking of replacing them with Onix Rockets RS1000's...

Jester - Ae you serious about blowing the backs off? Do you mean the actual cabinet or the drivers? Do you have a subwoofer?

Anyway I went from Klipsch RF-3's to Rockets (750) and now have the RS1000s. The Rockets are about as different sonically as you can get from the Klipsch. I would recommend you try to audition the Rockets if you haven't already before you buy. I should also point out that the cabinet quality of the Rockets is in a totally different league then the Klipsch.

I blew the backs off (broke the back free of the glue in sections) of the cabinet itself. I had the crossover set to 40, but now have it at 60. I do have a sub, but wanted to distribute the bass.

I'm surprised that no one can tell whether this thing sounds better than a receiver.

Is this 990 sounds better than an Harman Kardon receiver? Please, I really need to know since I'm in the market to upgrade my HK525 receiver. I'm in Canada, so buy and return will cost me too much.

It's difficult to simply compare it to "a" receiver, since there's also an amp to consider. Would the 990 and 770 combo sound better than a receiver in the class of the HK525? I think it is safe to say "yes" to that, even though I haven't actually done a direct comparison between the two.

My question and its probably been addressed before , is what I will get over my 950. I am using a 950/ATI 2505/1502 in my new theater. With my recent purchase of a JVC HX2, I cant help for wondering how DVI switching would look as opposed to component switching. My installer says its unlikely that you will see a difference. I am only running satelite and DVD(with up conversion) into the projector. The picture is fanastic on HD and the more reference quality DVDs. Just trying to convince myself that a "990" will give me that much nore than the "950". I do listen to DVD audio, but, again, the 950 seems to do the job fine.Maybe when we get DVD HD/Blue Ray it would make a difference.The price sure is good, as I once thought I would get a ATI 8500 to match my amps...