That's right, another one

About a year ago, I went on a mad hunt for a new AVR. I auditioned all kinds of units and ended up going with a Yamaha 2700. I never did find exactly what I was looking for but the Yammie did come kinda close.
Thoughts on my 805 situation

I toyed with the idea of getting a amp for awhile and finally pulled the trigger on the LPA-1 about a week ago. Watching the fedx driver carry this huge 75lb box to my door was pretty funny. I stopped laughing when it was my turn to move it. This thing is HEAVY!

So I got everything hooked up (I'm using cables from bluejeanscable if anyone is wondering) and turned my Yammie on to make sure everything was working. First thought that popped in my head was....Smooth!!!

Man this thing is easy to listen to. I really wasn't expecting that. Actually, this is my first amp...I didn't know what to expect. Anyways, you can crank it pretty loud and not realize it. Very easy to listen to. 2 channel sound has a nice smooth flow to it. Depth and imaging were improved over my 2700 and the soundstage had a more open/larger feel. Now I'm a noob at all the describing what differences I hear in sound and all that other stuff so take it easy on me. I've spent ALOT of time listening to 2 channel music over the last few days and I'm really happy with the 2 channel performance of this amp. A decent improvement over my 2700.

I've done some MC listening but not much. Couple of SACD/DVDa, concert DVD and some movie demos. Nice full/robust sound with MC. I was scared that the smoothness of this amp would kill HT for me but it hasn't. Voices come in crystal clear and sound still has life to it. Very nice balance with both music and movies so far and I really haven't found anything to complain about. I need to do some more MC listening though so not to much more to say about that.

I got in on a free shipping deal so the price was $499 out the door. Add this to the price of my 2700 and I'm pretty close to what I would have paid for a 3800 or 3808. Not bad, especially when you consider the added system flexibility.