You haven't mentioned your room acoustics. They will do a lot for your current system and make the HT experience amazing.
Don't forget the floor space between and behind the speakers. They can add a surprising amount of harshness to the mid and top end. Blankets make cheap test tools here. :)
Buying a high end HT processor is really tricky, because it's heavy on digital engineering resources. There have been several HE manufacturers who got into the space, and a couple of years later were out. Even Theta seems to have abandoned any serious R&D in this area (correct me if I'm wrong).
Anthem and Krell seem to have found the formula to keep up with the latest standards. I'm using an older Anthem 50 and there's nothing wrong with it. It certainly sounds MUCH better than older mass market imports and the Emotivas I had (bleah!!), but I switch to my Luxman integrated for music.
Don't forget the floor space between and behind the speakers. They can add a surprising amount of harshness to the mid and top end. Blankets make cheap test tools here. :)
Buying a high end HT processor is really tricky, because it's heavy on digital engineering resources. There have been several HE manufacturers who got into the space, and a couple of years later were out. Even Theta seems to have abandoned any serious R&D in this area (correct me if I'm wrong).
Anthem and Krell seem to have found the formula to keep up with the latest standards. I'm using an older Anthem 50 and there's nothing wrong with it. It certainly sounds MUCH better than older mass market imports and the Emotivas I had (bleah!!), but I switch to my Luxman integrated for music.