Reasonably priced that will not degrade HDTV signal does not exist. The Sunfire theatergrand II has balanced outs and can do all the rest. I have one I use with my Krell amps. The down side is that you will have to get DB-25 cable with six RCA's on the other end for Dvd-audio/sacd hook up, my cable was $125 I think. You can find one used for about $1400 or so, it is a very good processor and is also a very good two channel preamp.
Home Theater processor opinions
I would like some opinions from folks as to what manufaturer makes a reasonably priced A/V processor for a home theater that can handle all of the new and old technologies our there such as HDTV, DVD-A, SACD, AC-3 etc. I have (2) Krell Kav 250A-3 amps, and Aerial Acoustic 10T, CC5, and SR3 speakers. I would prefer taht the processsor has balanced XLR outputs to match the Krell amps.
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