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Best All time 5.1 Pre/Pro
I THIRD the Aragon Soundstage. Inside the Soundstage sits Aragon's top-of-the-line Aurum 2 channel preamp...which still goes for $750 used on ebay even though it doesn't have a remote, but did retail 1900 in 1993 dollars.I have used over 20 5.1 ca... 
Good DVD changers to use as transports?
Try the Parasound CDC-1500 5disc CD changer (about $200 used). Parasound is a DAC company (with several DAC models), so their single and changer CD players are regularly used as transports. In fact, my CDC-1500 even has the optional ADAM module, w... 
Parasound HCA-2003A versus HCA-2200II
Stereophile rated the 2200II as Class B and the 2003 as Class C. 
How best to spend 2500 CD player for my system?
Seldon has an EAD Signature as his prepro...IMO a better dac than a stock sony or classe cdp or bel canto dac1. And I don't think the prepro (the newer EAD models do) has analog bypass to hook up a cd player and dac. Get a nice transport with ST-O... 
best amp for classe'sp25,nht 2.9
I used to own NHT 2.9s and now have 3.3s. I've tried a variety of amps: denon poa8200, Parasound 1500A, HK signature 2.1, Carver 705, Citation 5.1. For 2.9s, I would recommend a Citation 5.1 bridged to 300x2 or 7.1 bridged to 450x2. These speakers...