Looking to upgrade receiver - NAD or separates - neutral

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Looking to upgrade receiver - NAD or separates

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I'm looking for the slow road to upgrading my HT system. I'm using a dedicated HT room (under construction now) with CRT FP. I have PSB Image 5'Ts for main, with matching center and surround. This setup will be used for 80-90% HT. I currently own a Yamaha RX-V496 which must go (terrible sounding).
I really want to take a step toward separates, but am on a tight buget - less than $1000.00. I've thought of buying an entry level pre/pro (used Rotel 976, Marantz AV560, Sherwood/Newcastle) for $600.00 or so and scraping together whatever amplification I can until I can afford better. I've also considered dropping $1000-1200 on a newer entry level pre/pro. (DTS and DD are all that are really important to me feature-wise)
Now, I see used NAD HT receivers going for $350.00 or so with pre-outs. So I was thinking about buying the NAD and spending the rest on 3 channels of amplification ($650 leaves me lots of options, but I was thinking 3 MA-700 blocks, Acurus 6 channel bridged, Rotel 6 channel bridged, or maybe I can stretch for used Bryston). I'd use the NAD for the rear 2 channels until i could afford add'l amplification.
Any thoughts or suggestions??

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Topic - Looking to upgrade receiver - NAD or separates - neutral 09:25:16 05/22/02 (5)

what about the onkyo? - sarah 06:39:14 05/25/02 (0)

Stick with Rotel or NAD...(nt) - DPC 03:46:59 05/23/02 (0)

you want OUTLAW - EL Cheapo 14:21:47 05/22/02 (1)

Second the choice on Outlaw (nt) - HD Audio 06:08:54 05/31/02 (0)

Re: Looking to upgrade receiver - NAD or separates - EdM 14:00:35 05/22/02 (0)

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