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Cary Audio’s Cinema 11a and Model 7.125 created first-rate sonics, spatially, timbrally, dynamically, and harmonically. In every way, this front-end combination easily produced the best sound I’ve experienced in my home theater, with both movies and music.
The combination managed an impressively large percentage of the clarity, transparency, inner detail resolution, timbral accuracy, and spatial clarity that my far more expensive downstairs two-channel rig can produce.
The limited video-switching facilities mean that some users will need to spend an additional $4,000 for the Cinema 11v to add legacy video products and greater flexibility. If you can get by with just two HDMI inputs and one output, you’ve put your money where it belongs: into high-performance sound, not unnecessary gadgetry and flexibility.
The combination of the Cinema 11a and Model 7.125 produced memorable, and even goose-bump-inducing musical and cinematic performance. The Cinema 11a, in particular, is a major accomplishment. If you’re in the market for a surround processor/amp combo, this is a pair of exceptional sounding, high-performance products.
For the skeptics out there, you need to hear a product like Cary Audio’s Cinema 11a before you rant about its “excessive” cost.