demo or nice used pre/pro & amp

I'd wait till March. The new Aragon will be out and you should be able to pick up a used Soundstage cheap.

I'd recommend the Anthem AVM-2 pre/pro and the Anthem MCA-5 amp, too. I have both and am very pleased. You can find the pre/pro used for about $1400. and the amp for about $900. The amp is rated at 200w per channel. The pre/pro has everything you could want (except a phone stage). I run all Snell speakers for home theatre and the sound is big, powerful and detailed. For the 2-channel, the Snell B Minors have great sound -- lots of detail and plenty of bass.
I should say I'm also running a pair of Thiel 3.6's with a Levinson 27 (a 333 is on the way) through the AVM-2. (The Theils are run balanced and the Snells through the RCA's. I turn off the MCA-5 and turn on the 27 when I want the Thiels.)
Also, the MCA-5 has a trigger which wakens the amp when it receives a signal and goes into sleep mode after about 20 minutes of no signal -- an especially nice feature if you use you speakers to listen to TV regularly.

I highly reccomend the Anthem AVM2 and MCA5. Go to sonicfrontiers.com for info.

I'd wait for the Outlaw 950 prepro ... check out info www.outlawaudio.com/products/950_pr.html