So I'm looking to rebuild the home theater system

audiotroy, 

What the heck pulled your chain?  Your original reply said

" The Market can best be divided by the Japanese brands with every feature under the sun and having decent to good sound quality

vs.

American and European brands, Arcam, Audiocontrol, Primare, NAD, that are more about sound quality."

Nobody is disagreeing with you.  And having said that, whatever I buy will be for watching movies.  Movies that  are not known for the high sound quality. As I said in my original post, everything I have is 15 years old. The speakers I'm currently using are 15 year old Klispch  2 way speakers that sound like crap on most music, but sounds pretty good watching Star Wars.  
I also said I was interested in bells and whistles.  Upon looking around, I found that I didn't need to spend 4k to get what I wanted.  Also, I can return whatever I buy if I don't like it!

BTW,  Best Buy doesn't sell anything even close to what we've talking about. 

JD

whatever I buy will be for watching movies. Movies that are not known for the high sound quality.

Are you saying that the movies you watch don't have good sound quality? OR, because this is for movies, sound quality is not as much of a factor for you? Thanks.

Since it is being discussed above...this Arcam review was posted online today:

https://hometheaterhifi.com/reviews/receiver-processor/arcam-avr550-av-receiver-review/ 

i don't doubt that arcam/anthem are much better for critical music listening, but if you're avr is just for movies the difference between the mass-market fare may not be cost-effective for you. personally, i'd go to accessories4less, which has great prices on yamaha, pioneer elite, etc., and pick one of the higher models out--you'll save a couple grand.

Hi david_10,

In answering your queston, it's my understanding that the soundtrack Netflix, Amazon and DVD's are CD quality at best and MP3 quality for most. ( If I'm wrong,  please educate me ) So as I said earlier,  this system is going to be mostly for movies. I'm not putting together a audiophile system. No seperates, no DAC, no B & W 800 series speakers.

Thanks for the link you sent,  the spec's look great, but I didn't see a way for me to go wireless. I already have a theater system,  bringing me up to date with bells and whistles is what I was looking at.

JD