If audio is the important thing give the Cambridge Audio 540r a try.It has little in the way of features but really good sound.Why pay for a bunch of features that you seldom use?
When i bought(2 years ago)i compared it to similar price Denon and Yamaha.None of the Yamaha could touch it for music but the 1400 was close for movies.With Denon it took a 3805 to match it for movies and it was close for music.Again great sound but no features,it also looks great.

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