Some of them do ask. And I tell them the same thing every time. Regardless of any numbers, I believe 100% that all these AVR, AVP and amps sound EQUALLY great as long as their setup and settings are good.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a Denon, Marantz, Yamaha, NAD, Storm Audio, ATI, DataSat, Theta Digital, etc.
But personally, I would still own a Yamaha.