I auditioned the sunfire theater grandII and listened to it in two channel mode and thought it sounded flat and muffled, was not impressed for the price range. I also auditioned a conrad johnson pfr preamp that was so superior, i was amazed at the difference. All the advice you see about going with a combo system for the best musical sound is correct, use an inexpensive ht receiver and connect it to a preamp with ht loop.
