Well, it's been almost 2 months in use and it (the integra) is indeed a very good AV receiver.
I recently bought a used pair of Maggie 3.6's, they are powered through a set of Rogue tube monoblocks and my tube preamp has a pass through so I can still use the Maggie Monoblock combination in Home theater surround mode with the Integra as the pre/source. Also since the Integra allows for seperate amping on any or all of the surrounds, I'm going to temporarily hook up my old Maggie 1.6's as the rear surrounds, using a Rotel 1080 power amp for those. The room is too small to keep this as a permanent setup, but for a gathering of audiophile friends it should be an interesting and fun listen for a weekend or so.
Also, The PS3 is a very useful unit, being a music and photo server as well as a very good Blu-Ray player. You can even get a wireless keyboard and browse the internet from your home WiFi too. Oh yeah, the games are OK too!
I recently bought a used pair of Maggie 3.6's, they are powered through a set of Rogue tube monoblocks and my tube preamp has a pass through so I can still use the Maggie Monoblock combination in Home theater surround mode with the Integra as the pre/source. Also since the Integra allows for seperate amping on any or all of the surrounds, I'm going to temporarily hook up my old Maggie 1.6's as the rear surrounds, using a Rotel 1080 power amp for those. The room is too small to keep this as a permanent setup, but for a gathering of audiophile friends it should be an interesting and fun listen for a weekend or so.
Also, The PS3 is a very useful unit, being a music and photo server as well as a very good Blu-Ray player. You can even get a wireless keyboard and browse the internet from your home WiFi too. Oh yeah, the games are OK too!