Nice article Gene. I'm still sitting on the sidelines while I wait for bluray players to come down in price to something more afordable.
I'm looking forward to your article on the features/power/amplification tradoffs. Since I am running 4ohm fronts this is important to me.
For instance, the RXV663 seems like a real bang for the buck receiver, but I wonder whether it can handle the higher current demands of a 4ohm speaker.