Integrated Amp with HT Passthru 1-2k

Sim I-5 and Classe 151 come to mind.

I second the Krell Kav-400xi. Tons of of clean juice w/ the HT pass through you require. Doubles it's power into a 4 ohm load. Has 1 balanced and 3 single ended inputs. No headphone jack, however. Remote controlled, slim and cool looking.

weren't you thinking of going the tube route Slappy? Are you gonna be running this for 2ch music...and if so...is the Denon gonna serve as the pre? I think I'm probably pretty clueless about this home theater pass through deal-ma-bob...isn't it just having the pre out mains in with the u-bar jumper connecting pre & power sections of the integrated? Fill me in...I'm confused & too lazy to peruse the forums...haha

how bout a used Cary SLI80? a friend of mine has one and it sounds pretty good.

Elery

Not sure if i want to go the tube route or not. Even though the Tube-guys want to crusify me every time i say it, i really like solid state.

Im wanting to do an integrated with HT passthrough cause that is one of the easiest ways to get a decent 2 channel rig integrated with the HT aspect.

This way when watching movies the integrated will be controlled by the denon 3805 reciever. when listenign to 2 channel the Denon 2900 will be the source and it will also go directly to the integrated, so when listening to 2 channel, the Denon 3805 wont be anywhere in the signal path

Slappy,

Glad to see you making progress on your system. Here are the ones I know of in that price range. Sim Audio I-3 and the I-5. The Rougue can have the HT pass through added. Creek 5350 SE w/ phono stage (actually just under 1k on the Gon), Musical Fidelity A5 is new for $2500 but 250 wpc, haven't seen one used yet, Musical Fidelity A308, Ayre AX-7, and Blue Circle CS. These are the ones I have put on my short list. I am leaning heavily toward the Sim I-3 and I-5. Good luck!