Hey, anyone knows the market price of LX53? Is it good to be paired with Wharfedale 10 series?

last week it got pitted against a marantz sr6003.
this week i got my hands on it and have the whole week to compare it against the resident mrx300.

i would really like to try one out, but currently nobody is using an AV processor near my place. must have someone bring it over to test it on my setup first before committing. not gonna do another blind purchase without home audition (ever) again.
found the culprit. seems that standing wave correction brought more problem than solution. at least to my setup.

turning standing wave correction, enabling eq and disabling phase control plus i got a more natural sounding and better sound overall. the best (i think) that i could extract from the receiver (currently).

the lx55 overall sound is more refined than the mrx300. kindda like a more polite presentation than the mrx300. whilst the mrx300 is a more brutal sounding receiver with a harder hitting presentation. not up to the level of onkyo signature but definitely more aggressive than the lx55.

as good as the lx55 is, it loses out compared to ARC eq. ARC did some impressive things to my subwoofer. mcacc still made the subwoofer too boomy for my liking. bass impact is also better on the mrx.

but the thing is, a fella in hifi4sale PMed me asking about the mrx300. he said woo kee hong is asking for RM6k+ for the mrx300 after taking over distributorship from asia sound. and the lx55 is selling for under RM4k. for RM6k i'd rather go with the lx55 and keep the extra RM2k for some other component. the improvement from ARC is there, but i don't think it's worth the extra RM2k.

paskal,

Let me know if u r looking to go for the 5509. I might try it as well....Since we r both up north, if it helps to get 2 and brings the price down, I might be game...

Also MCACC has a lot of knobs and while its good in that sense, my experience to what it does in the lfe channel has been that it does more harm than good.