For about $1000 you can get a brand new Odyssey Stratos which is 150 watts per side. For $500 dollars you can get a brand new FT Audio passive preamp. You can use this for two channel music and your Onkyo for movies. Your Onkyo must have preamp out for this to work.
Really need Amp advice.
I have a pair of BW 804 speakers and am running them off of an Onkyo Integra DTR 6.3--the reciever clobbers female vocals--almost too painful to listen to. I'm looking for a good pre-amp/amp combination to squeeze the maximum performance from the speakers in the most economical way ($2000). Ultimately, I'd like to have a HT capability, but critical listening will be 75% of the system's use. My question is: should I just scrap the Integra and pursue a separate pre-amp & amp(considering Parasound) or should I keep the Integra to use as a pre-amp/HT unit (considering Parasound HCA 1205, and bi-amping 4 of it's five channels)? I am getting buried in technical data and can't see the forrest--any help appreciated. Thanks!
JadeEye
JadeEye