Proceed AVP vs. Sim Attraction vs. Theta Casa Nova


I am replacing my Sunfire TG II and would like your thoughts on the following processors:

Proceed AVP;
Sim Attraction; or
Theta Casa Nova II.

While I will use the preamp/processor primarily for HT, I also would like one that does a good job with two channel. The principal reason I am selling the Sunfire is my dissatisfaction with the quality of the two channel audio in my set up.

The rest of my system is as follows:

Nautilus 805s and the matching center;
REL Storm III sub;
Bryston 9B THX amp; and
Sony DVP-S9000ES DVD player.

I am trying to make a decision as soon as possible, so any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
tdavism3
I sold a proceed to buy the sunfire series 2, imo the sunfire works well with 2 channel, I am using a krell kav 1500 with aerial 8b speakers, the prepro's you mention will not give you much improvement in 2 channel, to do so , you would have to step up to the krell hts or possibly the classe ssp 75, I tried variuos prepro's in a attempt to improve 2 channel, but I found going to a higher quality amp helped more then changing prepro's, good luck in your quest.
If you want excellent 2 channel without spending the money for a Classe 75 or Lexocin MC12, find a used high end 2 channel with a SSP bypass such as the Levinson 380 or 380s and keep your current setup for HT.
I have the Attraction- it has by far the best analog/preamp section of the ones you mention.
I have an AVP and love it. My friend could not afford one at the time so we got him a Casa Nova. I don't recommend it. It was so difficult and non-intuitive to use, with a horrible remote control. btw; If you do get a Casa Nova, the factory default is that all changes you make to setup the system go away when you turn it off! You have to find the setting that defeats this feature.
I agree with Blummd - if you can't afford to step up to something like the Lexicon MC-12, get a two-channel preamp with HT pass-through to improve your two-channel outlook. A Krell KRC-3 can be had pretty cheap these days and is well regarded for it's analog 2-channel performance. -Kirk