It's years later, but I hope the OP came to his senses and went with the Emotiva pt-100. Unless you are looking for home theatre surround sound, the Emotiva will absolutely destroy almost ALL avr control centres, except those of very high quality and price. Hence those with a proper dedicated 2 channel section! Shame on the AVR surround sound guys in this post. I don't see the OP asking for opinions on his fucken surround sound shitbox system!