Emotiva Great Prices! What to do? Emotiva PreAmp Umc1 or Similar Price Receiver?

[Mr Peabody]

separate processors will probably be slower to offer 3D than receivers. I'd have to check to see if it's 3D compatible but check out the Yamaha 2065 receiver, it had an impressive sound.

[StephenMH]

Stephen,
Not sure about your direction here, but i seriously doubt any Emotiva amp is an upgrade over a Proceed. Keep the Proceed and work on the HT processor side of the equation. Proceed, when produced, made some great sounding amps. Keep it!

I Think the Proceed Amp5 is over hype thank goodness I got a good deal on them. I have quite a few amps that sound better than the Proceed, It sounds warm but dry, if I can put it in my own word of describing it, not much life. Its like they tried to get close to the tube sound but they miss a step or their ears was just set up differently. What ever Preamp or Receiver I had hook up to them that same warm, dry and lifeless sound. To look at the Amp its great the downsize it is so so heavy feels like one hundred and twenty pounds. Maybe it needs some work to it or another set of speakers. I think they are a big deal the closes I can get to Mark Levinson's Product. Emotiva price range make more since to me two hundred watts to match my Mono Blocks wattage that I'm using for the front speakers.
At this moment I have Champagne taste and Beer pocketbook.
Thank You for your input!

Stephen

[StephenMH]

separate processors will probably be slower to offer 3D than receivers. I'd have to check to see if it's 3D compatible but check out the Yamaha 2065 receiver, it had an impressive sound.

I was looking at them for a while, they just came out a few month ago, no they're not 3D. They do have some new model that came out that are 3D.

http://hometheater.about.com/b/2010/...ivers.htm?nl=1

Check it out let me know what ya think.