Am I missing something by pairing Arcam with B&W 600 series?

[cates]

Hello everyone,

I am trying to decide on a new receiver for my B&W speakers. I have an opportunity to pick up an Arcam AVR 280 new for half of list in Canada. Now I know the sound will be stunning but I can't help but wonder if I will be missing anything by not having acess to the new HD audio codecs. I have yet to hear them and wonder whether or not I would know the difference.

What I'm looking for, at least what I believe I am, is good sound for music and movies. I sometimes find it hard not to get caught up in the next big thing with this hobby.

Any insight would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Cates

Fronts 602's Centre LCR 60, Rears 601's, Sub 650

[Allegiance]

Does it have HDMI?

[cates]

2 in. 1 out. Pass thru only

[Allegiance]

2 in. 1 out. Pass thru only

If your Blu-Ray or HD-DVD ( :rofl: ) Player does all the decoding and sends out 7.1/5.1 PCM then just do that, provided the Arcam can recieve PCM over HDMI.

I have a Denon 2808 which has DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD etc etc but my PS3 does all the decoding and just sends PCM out to Denon.