For the January 2002 issue, Fred Manteghian points his eyes and ears toward the <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?27">Krell Home Theater Standard 2 preamplifier-processor & Theater Amplifier Standard five-channel amplifier</A>. After a few spins around the audio and video block, FM rolls his tongue back into his mouth and files his report.

Fred Manteghian takes his turn with the <A HREF="/surroundsoundpreampprocessors/1103classe">Class&#233; SSP-60 preamplifier-processor</A> noting that, although built by a Canadian manufacturer, it can hold its own feature for feature with the latest Japanese imports.

Michael Fremer wires up the <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?87">Cambridge SoundWorks Newton Series T500 surround speaker system</A> and sits down to a full schedule of movies and music. MF reveals that the Cambridge engineers had their audio hearts in <I>most</I> of the right places.

Michael Fremer interfaces the <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/showarchives.cgi?105">Denon AVR-5803 A/V receiver and DVD-9000 DVD-Video/Audio player</A> with his home theater system and hits the power button, asking, "What's possibly left to add to an A/V receiver?" MF finds out there always seem to be a couple more things.