Recommendations- Tuner/Preamp w/ pwrCkt

John- Don't discount the sonics of the B&K tuner/pre/proc units. Obviously, you won't be using the HT processor in your application, but even the older AVP-1030, or newer Ref 10/20 units produce amazing stereo quality at the price (far better than their amps I've found). I found the B&K to be preferable to all of the other units mentioned above. Just MHO. Goodluck.

Alruhl, I am interested in the Halfer (but have not got around to signing up for Audiogon membership), can you email me with your email address, or the address of the person who has the 945?

A few years ago, I had a Hafler 945 pre/tuner combo with all the specs you described. A nice little unit and I have spent enormous sums of money upgrading since then, but with very small incremental returns. One could easily be forgiven for bypassing these incremental returns, especially when the cost of obtaining something noticeably better is so much higher. FYI: I sold it to a friend for a couple hundred bucks. I think he is again upgrading and may be willing to part with it if you are interested. Good luck!

Thanks for the suggestion. Those are great ideas, however, is there anything a little better than the standard Adcom/B&K/Rotel/Luxman/Parasound? If not, I may go with the Adcom. Any high end designs?

Also Rotel RTC-940-AX, RTC-950-AX, and RTC-850. The last of these was discontinued in 1999 (940), so they would all be used. The 950 dates from 1992 to 1995, the 850 from 1988 to 1991.

Check out the Adcom GTP 450. It is discontinued now and replaced by the GTP 502. You can find a fairly new 450 for $250-350 or spring for a new 502 for about $525. Check out their web page for details.