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Originally posted by opieie:
Hello all, man I left for a couple of days and this thread has really got going, I had not considered DVD-A or SACD which pretty much rules out the Krell and the Lexicon so my search goes on, after a little more research I have come up with a few more options, B&K Ref 30, Rotel 1066 and the outlaw which all have 5.1 inputs, I have not heard any DVD Audio or SACD myself but I would hate to be left out if these become more popular, for what it's worth the B&K Ref 30 has a notch filter thats supposed to help match bass to your room, don't know if this is something to consider or not, and one problem I see with the Outlaw is the remote, it does not have seperate transport and menu controls for DVD players which does not effect the sound but........, anyway thank you all for your input this has already stopped me from one mistake.


Opieie,

Excellent. So we've eliminated the Lex and (thankfully!) the Krell.

Now that we're in the area of B&K, Rotel, and Outlaw, I strongly recommend considering the Outlaw. All three make extremely good equipment (although I've experienced quality control problems with B&K before), but given the nature of the retail sales markup, you're likely to get better quality for the dollar going with the Outlaw.

Unless there's a specific feature that one of the others have that the Outlaw doesn't, it's likely to be your best bet.

(Outlaws: does the 950 have DPLII?)

Jeff