Ok - I asked this question over in the Home Theater discussion group and got nowhere so maybe the good people here in Digital Domain will have more thoughts. I am looking to upgrade my home theater receiver and I am seriously considering Harman Kardons DPR (Digital path receivers). I just recently got into this stuff and had no clue that most A/V receivers convert all sources into analog via DAC before amplifiying it out to your speakers. How can this TRUELY be called doldy DIGITAL?!?!?! So apparently H/K has a line that has a true digital path with true digital amplification. It seems like a no brainer right? So I feel like I am missing something, does anyone know anything more about this technology, or have one of these receivers??? It's just that I don't have tons of money and if I'm going to spend 1000+ on a receiver it better be awesome, and I don't wanna feel like in two years that I missed the boat on something. Is this digital path receiver the next big thing? HELP!