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Proceed AVP?

The dilemma: One month and 5 days ago I purchased a B&K Ref-30 pre-pro. Sounds great, looks great, good price. Two weeks ago I bought the Proceed AMP 5. Sounds Awesome, sounds awesome, sounds awesome. Now I want to upgrade to Proceed AVP to accomodate hi-fi music and balanced ICs. Problem is, B&K is over one month old. No return possible. However, store will do "performance upgrade" to another item for up to 4 months and credit "full sale price" of the returned item. Great right? Problem is, Madrigal is not expecting to release the new AVP until next summer, much farther away than 4 months.

The question: How outdated is the current AVP if I buy one now? I've heard people say the B&K Ref-30 is nearly as good. Are getting performance upgrades for the current AVP going to be anywhere close to the abilities of the real deal next summer?

And yes, I have read the article off the Madrigal website. I'm looking to hear from someone who knows more, or current owners of the AVP. Thanks all.
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mzn50
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AVP, to me offer probably some of the best 2 chn sound in the biz, offers "most" of the surround effects.

I sold my original AVP and 3 months later, sold the replacement and purchased another AVP.

The AVP also now offers 96/24 decoding with the most recent code.

Matt
foobe30
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I believe Madrigal is giving a special deal that if you buy an AVP now, you can upgrade it to the AVP II come summer. Be warned, the AVP II is going to be a lot more money... check with your local Madrigal dealer on this...
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