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It's looking like September...

I went from an NAD T742 which was excellent at music and so-so at HT to a Cambridge Audio 540R which is also excellent at music but much more sensitive to the quality of the source and as a result a lot of my older CDs don't sound that great but newer ones sound better. HT is easily superior to the NAD though, tons more power. They're both very limited as far as features go. I'm wondering if anyone has any comments on NAD vs. CA vs Outlaw and if Outlaw would be a better compromise of trying to get good music and HT. I'm thinking of perhaps getting a new reciever after an HDTV purchase if *necessary* (AV Sync is my biggest concern), after all if I get an HDTV with two or more DVI/HDMI inputs do I really need switching in the receiver?