Sdatch, that's right that pioneer is a value and also good review compare to the pricey universal player but planning to upgrade that pioneer soon. thanks ron.
mike,for home theaters i'm using rotel RB-976 6-channel but i bridge to 3 channel 150 watts not too bad for hometheater and for main channel rotel RB-1080 if you want to try rotel for home theater try RMB-1095 200 watts 5 channel great review on any audio magazine and great value lots of amplifier on the market but too pricey rotel is best buy. ron.
Mjcmt,thanks for your comments rotel is good enough to drive the maggies 200 watts @ 8 ohms & 300 @ 4 ohms about rotel and pre-5 sounds good to me and for the price my pioneer is not to bad for this set up this is a universal player plays SACD & DVD audio the other speakers are energy 5+2 audissey series bi-polar and energy LCR for center and paradigm PW-2200 for my home theaters.
thats energy 5+2 and AC-300 LCR audissey series for my hometheater,sometimes i'm using subwoofer for maggies but for critical listening i'm not using sub i like the sound of maggies with out sub tell me about your eminent technology. enjoy listening.
