Quote Originally Posted by audio amateur
So you pulled the trigger?
How do you like your new Integra?
i LOVE IT.
Last time I had a fully integrated system with video switching, etc, the video was component and SVHS. Now I have one component, four HDMI, AND ITS GREAT.
The Integra was 850 on sale (from 999) and I couildn't afford the new ones.
Integra has moved upscale bigtime.
A new 70.1 is EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS, but it does have the reon video proc.
The 50.1 is around 1400, but not much different than the 6.9 2009 model I purchased.
And maybe I MISSED IT, but no multichannel on the new models.
What with SACD and DVDAUDIO going t*ts up, and most BLU players with HDMI, they figured they didnt need it anymore.
My 6.9 will make a great preamp when I plug an amp into the front left/right.
It sounds pretty good now, but at the price for the emotiva I just have to try it, as soon as I get the scratch.
Meanwhile the bi-amping is bridging the gap.
INTEGRAS arent your usual receiver, very quite, no crosstalk, etc, more finished than there onkyo cousins.
Peeps just didnt want a fancy HT and have an el-cheapo Onkyo as the nerve center,
hence the Integra.
BUT THEIR PRICE IS MOVING UP TO MATCH THEIR NAME, mores the pity.