Die-Hard Proceed Owners...

Yes...and I hear it's gonna be $20/$30k.

Ht4me - Any thoughts on getting the ball rolling on getting together & confronting Harman???

Petergc - Half my display went out on my AVP as well. When it popped, it put a divit in the display lense. Got my display replaced under warranty, The divit remains.

Go into the AVP menu, then "custom" and scroll down to make sure link is set to "on".

Joemt - I was speaking of the AVP to AVP2 upgrade. There was no upgrades from the software (at least from the version that came with my kit). The AVP2 upgrade kits are no longer available. I found a dealer that had one sitting on the shelf.

Ksales - No, all those ideas were thrown out the window. They're not currently planning any low cost Levinson processers either. How do ya like them rotten apples!?

Petergc - The AVP2 sounds so much better. Had mine a week & haven't come across any bugs yet. Seems like a fairly stable piece. One bug I found in the AVP was that if you set the crossover on anything but the default 80hz and the unit looses power (not on standby), the crossover defaults back to 80...and the AVP didn't work well with the PVP card in my PMDT either. The only negative I found w/the AVP2 is that it only allows a max 100hz crossover rather than the AVP's 120hz which worked better for my MCC1 center speaker. But the ability to set different crossovers w/the 2 outweighs that.

Ht4me - These are all good ideas. I'm in the midst of doing a little "key contacts" research. I'll let you know what I find.

Great idea about the gathering of press! Do you have a screen shot or hard copy of http://www.madrigal.com/proceed2002/avp.htm ? This link now just directs you to the Harman home page.

I don't think it would be a bad thing to aim a little high on the requests. Trade-in offers to Levinson gear is a good idea...assuming that Levinson continues to live up to it's name. Have you heard that Class A has hired 2 top Levinson engineers? Thier processor & DVD transport that are coming out are supposed to be hot stuff in a similar-to-Proceed price range. Though I think our investments, as you've said, are worth the effort.

Identifying Levinson/Proceed owners IS key. Where else on the internet do these guys hang out? One of my local dealers has completely washed their hands of anything Harman. They're a VERY customer oriented dealer & they took the lack of info & returning phone calls, when their customers wanted to know, as a sign of doom for Harman. They feel Harman lacks integrity & refuse to work with companies of such. My other dealer patiently hangs in there & has said they are trying to work with Harman on moving forward. Maybe my rep there can be of help.