alpha220

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$300 for older Rotel/Outlaw or do something else?
"Outlaw over Rotel by a margin." That won't help me much at this point, but it may help others. Why so? The features of the two are certainly similar. Is the sound or video quality much better with the Outlaw? Two channel mode better, too? 
$300 for older Rotel/Outlaw or do something else?
I picked up a used, but mint, Rotel RSP-1066 (for under $300 delivered) from a forum member here. I swapped out my old preamp for the Rotel and so far, so good.Since I didn't have a Blu-Ray player, I started a little research, but it seems the onl... 
$300 for older Rotel/Outlaw or do something else?
I can't find the pre-outs on the Onkyo (other than those mentioned above), maybe I'm missing something, here's the link --> http://www.us.onkyo.com/model.cfm?m=TX-SR607&class=Receiver&p=iI'm just trying to go from the 2 channel world to... 
$300 for older Rotel/Outlaw or do something else?
For my above post, I now realize that I can switch Blu-Ray up to 1080i with the Rotel, but HDMI is required for Blu-Ray output at 1080p. Component cables and the Rotel may be able to handle 1080p, as some 1080p PS3 games apparently can be sent ove... 
$300 for older Rotel/Outlaw or do something else?
"In fact, you could utilize the hirez codecs via analog to the prepro and let the br player decode/process for you."True. I keep thinking that HDMI is needed for 1080p, but apparently later models of the RSP-1066 have the bandwidth for HD passthro...