EAD Theater Master Sig. or Casablanca II


HELP!!!! Putting together 7.1 HT have purchased JMLabs Utopias:Mezzo's,center, mini's and sides. REL Stadium III and a Richard Gray Line Cond. 7 monoblocks and a Pioneer Pro710 for now. Really struggling with choice of processor and DVD/CD Transport. I'm running out of $$$$ fast but can't stop. I need to find the right processor and transport. Can anyone help ?
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Both are excellent sounding units. EAD has a 7.1 analog by pass for DVD-A and SACD. The Theta does not. Theta seems more upgradeable but is much more expensive. If you are trying to save some money, I'd buy the EAD.
Also the Casbalanca II is loaded with bugs.If you go to the AVS forum you will see a # of people with prolems.If 2 channel is important, I also would go with the EAD.
I have seen The CasablancaII in action. With the new DavidII as your transport. Forget About It.