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Awesome, thanks JP.
A few questions, I'm not an expert so forgive me....

What do you mean by a DVD "front end"? Is this an integrated DVD/amp that I see around these days? Would it replace both my JVC and DVD player (a panasonic from maybe 2 years ago)?

The CJ preamp is totally old school, really high quality but literally my old man bought that thing in like 1980ish, so as cool as it is probably of little use for a home theater/music system with new millenium components right?

The A-F is also from the same vintage but again of unbelievable quality, I have to check the inputs, but perhaps it could power the speakers?

The current JVC has got every imaginable input including optical, digital coax, etc.... When I set up my small system for surround sound in the current house the JVC definitely allowed me to time the rears, fronts and center, so that should be good right? I'm sound staging for Star Wars and the Foo Fighters, not Mozart...

Good stump speech, my Dad's been saying it for years...high quality cables are on the list!