I think I have just about convinced myself to go through a major upgrade cycle. I recently built a 15" Avalanche sonosub and have been bitten pretty hard by the DIY audio bug. I currently have 5 Energy C-7's (soon to be for sale if anyone is interested ) being powered by an entry level Denon receiver (1603 I believe). I am pretty happy with this package but I feel that I can really get some good quality stuff by going the DIY route. I want to build the Natalie P speakers designed by JonMarsh...err...I mean Evil Twin :W in the tower format and either the Modula center or the RS 3 way center in dawaro's thread and the Modula MT's for rears. I'm pretty sure my receiver won't like the loads of these speakers so that brings me to my next phase of upgraditis...the amps.
Keeping with the DIY theme I'd like to build LM3886 kit from chipamp.com for all 5 channels. Since I haven't really heard of any DIY HT processors I figured I'd just buy a quality pre-amp and that's where my question comes in. I'd like to stay under $600 on this if possible (way under would be nice) but at the same time I want something that will give me good quality and won't be the weak link in my new system. I will probably look almost exclusively at used items because I feel this is a good way to maximize the dollars spent. Right now I'm leaning pretty heavily towards an Outlaw 950. It's gotten rave reviews when bang for the buck is taken into consideration and I don't need any fancy video switching or anything. I've seen these go for ~$500 so it also meets my budget.
So do you guys think this would be good choice? Any other suggestions?
Keeping with the DIY theme I'd like to build LM3886 kit from chipamp.com for all 5 channels. Since I haven't really heard of any DIY HT processors I figured I'd just buy a quality pre-amp and that's where my question comes in. I'd like to stay under $600 on this if possible (way under would be nice) but at the same time I want something that will give me good quality and won't be the weak link in my new system. I will probably look almost exclusively at used items because I feel this is a good way to maximize the dollars spent. Right now I'm leaning pretty heavily towards an Outlaw 950. It's gotten rave reviews when bang for the buck is taken into consideration and I don't need any fancy video switching or anything. I've seen these go for ~$500 so it also meets my budget.
So do you guys think this would be good choice? Any other suggestions?
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