I have the Casanova. I traded a DC-1 for it. I think the Theta is much better overall for music and it does great HT. The Theta does volume control in the analog domain, i.e. it does not digitize and throw away data to attenuate volume. I too listen to mostly music and occasional HT. I think Tim's recommendation is the ultimate way to do both and I'll probably do that some day as well. But for now the Casanova is pretty good. if you have more bucks to spend, there's always the Casablanca...
