Thanks for the responses. I currently have an Acurus ACT3 and am quite pleased with its performance. However, it does not have an analog bypass and am interested in rigging up for dvd-a and sacd. I do like the 20-bit dacs on all channels and audio 2-ch stereo sounds very good. I really dont feel the need to have separate amps for my movie viewing and thus have been looking to the Arcam avr100. I was planning on using the preout for main channels and continue to use my Acurus A200 (200w/ch) to power my NHT2.5i. I may just take a chance on the Arcam as I have heard many good things about its sonic performance in stereo mode.
Rick
Rick