Good to hear from someone with experience owning and love for the MHT200! Sounds like you got rid of the ones you had because of power supply issues and/or to try other things? It does seem pretty versatile. I'll admit I have limited experience on different receivers/amps and this is my first high end piece. I did do a quick comparison by hooking the Yamaha back up and could definitely tell the difference in two channel. And since then have addressed some speaker issues, hooked up a B&W subwoofer (just the small one, but it seems to integrate well), adjusted levels. And it's definitely a fuller sound for HT and 2 channel music sounds great.
Also picked up a Schiit Mani 2 Phone Pre amp and that sounds great.
The sound quality has really made it such a more enjoyable experience to listen to music again. And it's gotten me curious about possibly adding other amps in the future.... Macs possibly. But not really sure if I need them, but they do look cool.
I've also considered getting Pre processor to connect to it, though I don't really have a pressing need since I run HDMI to the TV and digital the MHT.
Glad to hear the glass replacement is not too bad. I really want to fix that up and get the front panel lights working. All of the lights except for the red selector and audio processing mode lights are out. Have you done the glass yourself? I may pick your brain when I get to that point.
I have a couple of other questions maybe you could answer. Does it have an internal battery of some kind for the memory functions? For instance if I have preset trim and other setup and I save it, it's no problem as long as I keep it in standby, but if I turn off main power it all zeros out and I need to go back in and resave; though the settings are still in setup and just need to save again, not go thru and adjust settings. Not a big deal, but to do it I have to drag an old tv upstairs and connect with composite video. I've ordered a composite video to HDMI converter so I can just hopefully connect to the TV above it.
Is it normal for the trim settings to reset if you cycle through the surround modes with the remote and pass the external mode?