Hi everyone,

I'm looking into upgrading my A/V receiver, I currently have a Yamaha RXV-1300. I took two receivers home during the weekend (RXV-1600 and NAD T53) to listen to see which I prefer. I'm finding that I listen to music 80% of the times while 20 for HT. I've had Yamaha receivers since starting the HT hobby in 1998. After listening to both I found the NAD a lot better on the music side (i.e. warmer) than the Yamaha while the HT was the same, also the NAD is much easier to set up than the Yammie. Durability, Yamaha wins hands down being a fan for a while. I used to own a NAD receiver long time ago, don't remember the model and again it comes back to NAD sounding much better on the audio side than other receivers.
After reading a lot of reviews on this forum about quality issues with NAD on this forum, I'm stumped. I would like opinions from people especially from the vets (i.e Kex, Wooch, N. Ab, Pat P etc.

My system consists of: Rec: RXV-1300, DVD: Yamaha DVDS700, Mains: Mirage OM-12, Centre: OMC-3, Rears: OMR2s. No sub (not a fan of heavy bass, the speakers provide enough). I've noticed my speakers are not cutting it either, the omnipolar or omniguide is unique for HT but for music (another story). I brought home a pair of PSB images and Revel (concerta series) to test also. Opinions also on speakers would be great. Mirage is not discussed that often on this forum.

Thanks.