Hello,
Tiying with the idea of going seperates, so I would need a preamp/receiver that does the following things.

1. Cheap! (ok cheapest possible) (used is perfectly ok)
2. HDTV/component i/o - (difficult to find in a preamp)
3. at least 5.1/dts decoding

if receiver:
12v trigger for amp
rs232 would be nice...

thanks!