NAD Masters Series M17Price: $5499

Website: www.nadelectronics.com

Roger said: Combined with NAD’s matching Masters Series M27 seven-channel power amplifier -- or, for that matter, any high-quality power amp -- the M17 should provide excellent performance with both multichannel and stereo recordings.

Read the SoundStage! Xperience review.

The gist: Solid pre-pro across the board.