| Re: Pre/pro + Amp or all-in-on receiver?
Lots of good advice in this thread, but I'll add my opinion anyway:
You can always start with an integrated solution and then tack on separates as you can afford them. From personal experience, I achieved much better performance replacing my Yamaha AVR with my NAD T763, but still wished for more power to drive my inefficient NHT ST4 towers.
So for the front L/R channels, I acquired 2 Outlaw Audio monoblocks and use the T763 as a pre/pro for those. The rest of the setup is still driven by the NAD, which is more than adequate for the reduced workload.
Most competent AVRs these days give you this migration path, so there's no reason not to shoot for the best of both worlds!
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