Ok so returned the Crown today... Thank god Amazon is so painless.
As of right now there is a Carver TFM 35x listed on ebay that is up in San Jose. I have made contact with the seller who is willing to let me go up and test it, so I am going to go do that this week because I am on vacation. Im just ready to re list these... this is too complicated
That's super that he'd let you do that. Will you be testing with your speakers and pre amp?
I'm not sre about the sensitivity of your Vandys, but my speakers sensitivity I think
is in large, why my new AVR(s) have to work so hard. I don't get any noise though.
When I use my old pre amp for 2ch, all issues are gone, except no surround capabilities.
I am positive that my speakers being difficult to drive, is the downfall of the AVR
if you followed that thread any at all. I can't see me ever relacing my Carver.