Anyone audition Cambridge Audio 551R AV Receiver?

I spent some serious time listening to the Cambridge 551($1200) versus the Onkyo 5010($3000) over the last week. The Onkyo had very good video processing and it ends there. The Cambridge sounds like a nice dac with 7 channels of amplification. Is it the Total dac, no but it is much, much cleaner sounding than the Onkyo. The Cambridge has decent top end resolution, separation, images and it is just much easier to listen to for TV, movies and most importantly music. If you are looking for a feature packed receiver, look elsewhere but if you want clean sound and have fairly efficient speakers, than look at the Cambridge. I have also owned your Marantz as well as the 7009.

I am a distributor for audio but not for any AV electronic products.

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