Need some advice on a good a/v receiver

Check out the Yamaha RXV-3000. It also can be had for under $1000 and is as good of sounding reciever as you'll find. Wide variety of ins and outs with plenty of power for you high quality speakers. Has all the latest Digital surround modes that matter too.

Check out the review on audioreview.com for the Denon 3802.
Has all the bells and whistles - more than the outlaw for
around $700. Sounds incredible for an HT system.

Deno's have reliability issues, but they are pretty high current. My denon 5700 has broken twice in two years, but it sounds much better than my Merantz.

KP

Haven't heard anyone describe Yamaha as "warm" (and I own one) - besides NAD and Denon, consider B&K, Nakamichi, and Rotel. If you can live with basic DD/DTS the Nak AV-10 is a very good choice for musicality.

Warren:

Or, you could try something like the Harman/Kardon AVR-520 for around $1,000.00 or so. If you shop around a little bit, then you may be able to get one for about $800.00 or $850.00 or so. I have a Harman/Kardon AVR-210 that is about a year old right now, and I truly love mine. It is considerably smaller than the model that I am asking you to check out. But then again, my home theater is in a smaller room, so I don't need as much power as you probably would need either. Also, you could check out the Denon AVR-2802 for $800.00 list, the next model up, the Denon AVR-3802 for around $1,100.00 list. And, there is also a couple of Yamahas that are priced in this area as well (the model that strikes my fancy is the RX-V1200, which is priced at about $1,200.00). They are worth checking out also. If you shop around, you should be able to get any of these models for below list.

Good Luck...........

--Charles--