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best pre/pro under $5,000

New or used...I have seen and heard the proceed, krell, and theater grand III. Not sure if I should be looking in another direction. Need to have a 2nd zone for multi room listening. I do 50/50 2 channel and movies. Would love to spend closer to $3,000 if possible. I have read about the Classe 75 and the McIntosh MX 134, but have not reviewed mysef. As always your comments are appreciated
dave1117

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ejliu
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I am surpriced that no one mentioned Antehm AVM-20 v2.0 or B&K Ref50 yet. You don't have to spend all $5k if you don't need to, right?
ejliu
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Just got an Anthem AVM-20 v2.0, my wife learned to use the remote in about 20 mins.

After the preamp is properly setup, the only thing to select is the desired input, vol control and channel control. Don't even need to power on or off because there is a timer for that.

The included remote is able to control 5 additional equipments: TV/Sat/VCR/DVD/CD. If you have two Sats, you will have to manually program each commands. For example, I have two Sat receiver but no CD player, so CD becomes second Sat.

Most name brand componets are in pre-programmed commands, so only have to select the right code # for the equipment.

Eric
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