I've got the upgrade bug again and so in the search for a "musical" pre pro I demoed the Audio Refinement pre-2 DSP and liked what I heard. Its quirky to say the least but its sounds quite nice (a little bass shy though).
I need to make a decision tonight and need your help! I've ordered the Pre-2 but a deal has come up on an old Anthem AVM-2 (not 20) that just seems almost too good to pass up. I know it doesn't have DPL II but that doesn't really matter to me. I've read that sonically, it sounds almost like the AVM 20. Which one would you choose? I will never need more than 5.1.
Do I jump on the AVM-2 or the Audio Refinement Pre-2? The AVM would save me a few hundered dollars.