Honestly, I was in your shoes couple of month ago and have truly learned that everyone has a total different opinion and preference when it comes to "the sound to your ear". For what I might thinks sounds decent, other might not agree and vice versa.
As far as the yamaha RX-v475, that's a decent receiver. I bought the Yamaha RX-v375 which is step lower and it was awesome, only reason I didn't keep it because I got a higher model Onkyo for just 100$ more.