I am considering a 990 with a 7125 or an arcam avr300. They seem to both have great ratings but I already own a Carver AV 505. It is rated at 80x5 conservative. it sounds great with my old Marantz 2230 as a preamp.It sounds comparable to my Marantz sr5300 when I use the Marantz as a preamp,it is rated at 90x6. My thinking is that the marantz reciever may not be sending enough to drive the Carver. Getting to my question, does anyone have input on wheather they think the Carver will blend well with the 990 and have enough power to really drive my system. I have seen a review or two on the 7075 with the 970 and they were impressed. I would just try to get the 990 and demo it my amp but I don't want to lose the combo pricing. Is the 7125 that much of a step up from carver? Is there much real world diff. tween the 775 and my Carver?
my brain is smoking.