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Oppo 105 and Cary 11 Surround Processor

Hi,
I'm hardly an expert with Home Theater and need some advise. I'm considering buying an Oppo 105 and a Cary 11 processor for my theater. It will be teamed with a JVC 3d projector and unknown multi channel amp along (have not picked one up yet) with Legacy Audio Phantoms for surrounds and the Marquis center channel. Of course i will be using Legacy Helix for the mains plus my two Legacy Extreme subs.

The Cary 11 is an older unit and will not pass the video I will be sing the Oppo which has 2 HDMI inputs for video. The Oppo do the surround processing and will be hooked to the Cary via analog for the audio channels. This way I don't have to keep updating the processor and just update the Oppo as it is needed.

Is there any problem with a setup like this?
Should I purchase a state of the art video and surround processor and get the Oppo 103 instead?
Any insights or inputs would be welcome.
sgr

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macdadtexas
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with the HDMI inputs you can have 2 other sources, besides the Oppo.

I recently did a similar switch out, but I don't have a processor at all. I use the oppo to process the HDMI from my cable and AppleTV, and send the analog signal to my power amps. The video goes out the a projector, and I think the processing form the Oppo is better than the reciever it replaced, or the DVDO duo I previously used.

I use a tube preamp for 2 channel listening with HT passthrough. It's a simple and v good set up. I'm using the OPPO 105 as a DAC for my AppleTV and a 400 disc Sony DVD/SACD player.

BTW, HT is not my focus at all, it's really secondary, but I do like movies through the projector.
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