Upgrade path help...RSX 1055>RSP 1069??? or..

[jonnyz]

something else.

I have a rmb 1095 for power. I am trying to do this once and not deal again.

Is going with HDMI really all that important? I used to follow all this stuff and then life got in the way. I am not up to speed. I listen to 60% + 2 channel and the rest home theater. I just moved into a condo with built ins and want to get my TV mounted and everything hooked up but am confused on which path to go.

I would prefer to stay with Rotel because I have been happy with them. But am open to other suggestions...

[PewterTA]

Depends...

If you want the latest and greatest audio, then HDMI becomes a little more important. However, something like the Samsung Dual Player has 7.1 analog output for hi-res audio...so you don't technically need HDMI.

But HDMI is going to be the future, so I think it's better to have than not. I'd say if you can wait, maybe see what Rotel will bringout as far as the future models that will probably have TrueHD & DTS-MA decoding. No doubt their decoding is going to sound better than the decoding a HD/Blu-Ray player does.

Just my opinion of course.