a/v Receiver suggestions requested

If it must be an A/V receiver, make it a good one. Rotel, B&K, ETC.
Or buy a cheaper one with pre-outs, and use an extenal amp. I've been in Tweeter stores, and have heard the Denons and Yammies crush under the strain of 4 ohm. They leave the A/v receivers set on 8 ohm, and in small shelves that build up heat. Those things used to go into protection all the time.
Do a search here ,and you will get answers.

No matter what receiver you get, make sure it has pre-outs. Those 9,s live for power and adding an amp to any receiver will be a big noticable improvement.

More info on the NAD 785 on this thread on another forum though, but you can see it as guest.

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30541

Seems like the NAD has the power but not necesarily all the features. Mmm.

Right now sucks for having difficult load speakers. According to NAD's website, they are 1.3a HDMI which by spec passes all hdmi signals.

There is nothing on the market today that is up to date and runs a 4 ohm load well. Integra does but at the cost of poor sound quality. Yamaha does but your in the same boat.

Buying a Pioneer Elite receiver then adding amps is a really good choice but expensive. But if you have the cash, I suggest going this route.

The NAD receiver should do just fine, check into it locally if you can. I have been meaning to go check it out myself as I really want HDMI switching/processing.

Dan

If I had it to do over I would skip the receiver and go straight into separates. I bought a Yamaha RX-V2500 receiver first, then added LSi15's and LSiC. The LSi's needed more than my receiver could give, so I added an amp (B&K). I would now like the replace my Yamaha with a separate pre/pro, such as a good B&K or Outlaw.

So my advice would be to just bite the bullet and get a good amp and pre/pro now, because down the road that's where you're going to end up anyway.

I don't know about the importance of HDMI 1.3. I'm still using Component for my video connection and don't have much of a need for more in that regard.

Good luck.

On the budjet side there is emotiva. They have been getting some good press on here recently.

Chris if you are running 5 channel you might consider getting a 7 channel amp anyway. That way you can add a pair of passive subs (now or later) and drive them with the same amp.