I had one in my demo system a month or so ago. It was a far better performer than the Aragon Stage One that I have been using. Home Theater performance was great and analog pass-through (stereo and multi-channel SACD) was acceptable. The stereo performance did not rival any of the better stereo pre-amps, but it should be good enough for most HT based systems. My biggest complaint was that the set-up menu did not play nice with my CRT projector (the menu system seems to only output in Interlaced and not Progressive Scan even though it will pass a Progressive Scan image from the DVD player).
There are better pre/pros out there, but it is hard to beat the Showcase for the price. If you need better stereo performance, then just integrate a good stereo pre-amp into the system. My suggestion is to keep it and be happy.
Julian
There are better pre/pros out there, but it is hard to beat the Showcase for the price. If you need better stereo performance, then just integrate a good stereo pre-amp into the system. My suggestion is to keep it and be happy.
Julian