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Updated 08-15-07

I am very pleased with the Arcam. Not a lot of set options but it has great sonics. May very well be upgraded to the 350 soon. I have upgraditis again!

The Genelecs displaced B & W's (Which found there way into a bedroom system). Possibly because the Arcam didnt have quite enough juice. The Genelecs absolutely excel at dynamics. They have very refined bass, seductive mids, with a forwardish presentation. They do roll off above 17khz and its noticeable to me.

The sub has been with me for years. Its a great sub for movies but it falls a little short with music.

The Denon is very good with upscaled video and par for its cost with audio. I prefer the DACs in the Arcam on most CD's. SACD is very acceptable but, to be fair, I dont have a lot of experience with the better SACD players.

The Genelecs will stay on as surrounds when this system and the two channel system get integrated and placed into a much larger room. In fact, I may just get three more Genelecs for center and back surrounds in a 7.1 setup. The future setup is more than likely going to be Meridian. Though, I may go back with Bryston which was a solid performer.
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    • Arcam AVR-200
    Multi Channel Receiver. Not the most powerful or the most versatile. Sounds good for a receiver. Virtual Dynamics Power 3
    • Denon DVD-3910
    DVD-V/DVD-A/SACD pretty nice machine. I like the video upconversion. Decent as a transport feeding the DACs in Arcam. One of the better analog output DVD players for redbook I have used. Harmonic Technologies Pro-Silway IIIs to Arcam and Virtual Dynamics Power 3
    • Soliloquy 6.2
    Two way 6.5" Midwoofer 1.125" Silk Dome Tweeter A fine sounding speaker. Very seductive mids and highs. Bass is plentiful, rolls off around 35Hz in room. Virtual Dynamics Audition Bi-wire.
    • Artison Surrounds
    Bipole with 4
    • Monster Power HTS-3600
    Surge protection
    • Velodyne SMS-1
    Digital Xover, with room correction, and equalization. Can make the normal sound magnificent.
    • N H T Sub Two i
    Dual 12" NHT 1259 Woofers Dayton 1000 watt plate replaced the NHT plate. Tons more power. Controlled by the super flexible Velodyne SMS-1. External Digital Drive Xover. Xover 28hz @ 12dB per Octave. The SMS is awesome when using high level inputs.
    • JVC HD-52Z585
    52" LCoS HDTV monitor.

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You could upgrade CD player if you're going "analog in" top your pre/pro for 2 ch listening. Otherwise, going "digital-in" to your pre/pro is an option. That said, you'd overall have much better sound upgrading to the Classe SSP30 and matching amps for your B&W CDM speakers! That combination is stellar for the money, and isn't easily beaten. The Classe is a superior pre/pro to the Bryston sonically as well. The Bryston amps aren't better than the Classe's either.
If it were my money, you're upgrade path (without getting tricky) would be selling the amps and pre/pro , and buying Classe SSP25/30(probabaly 30) and maybe the multichannel Classe or Separates.
Good luck

foreverhifi