DVD players with 5.1 outputs: ok enough?

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First off, I'm way more of a high-end music geek than a home theater person. So...most of my money gets dumped into music (even though I record sound for televison video and some film commercials, I'm not too freaked about setting up home theater). Seeing as I will be getting a DVD player soon, I thought it would be fun to goof with surround a little bit. I'm moving in with my girlfriend, and between the two of us we have a few thousand dollars worth of nice hifi gear, so the option of getting a inexpensive home theater integrated amp is nil. My idea: either get a DVD player with 5.1 outputs and feed them to our preamps, poweramps and the subwoofer I'll be building, or...get a used 5.1 processor (I know a store that has a used $600 MSB unit for $325, it's 5.1). Since this is more of a whim anyways (and I'm not in the mood right now to get a $1000 DVD player, more like $250), which do you think is the better option (probably the outboard unit, but the part of me that wants to spend more money on music gear and vinyl wants to go cheap and get the DVD player with the 5.1 outputs)

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Topic - DVD players with 5.1 outputs: ok enough? - mark maloof 16:08:16 07/09/01 (4)

I would go for the used $325 MSB unit ... - John C. - Aussie 02:00:46 07/11/01 (0)

Re: DVD players with 5.1 outputs: ok enough? - kotches 09:47:07 07/10/01 (0)

Re: DVD players with 5.1 outputs: ok enough? - Al 18:34:54 07/09/01 (0)

Re: DVD players with 5.1 outputs: ok enough? - drobo 18:01:05 07/09/01 (0)

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