As an adendum to my last post. I should note that i have not actually heard the New Yamaha's. I have never met a receiver sound wise I would want to own. For home theater applications only and with the ability to upgrade the pre and power amp section...Yamaha is my choice simply because they tended and may still tend to have the best surround decoding and build quality.

If money is not as much a problem I would go separates here.