Replacing my AVP

Turns out I wasn't specific when referring to my AVP. The AVP I was talking about is a Proceed AVP w/S Video. My current setup is the AVP/AMP5 combo.

What I really am looking for is something with similar capabilities to the Proceed AVP, but with the ability to handle HDMI switching.

My budget is somewhere around 10k($).

Bryston SP3? Sneaks in just under your budget.

But I'd also have a look at the Marantz. It is a pretty impressive system but has the economies of scale associated with leveraging components from a large scale consumer electronics firm.

You should look at the Classe SSP-800. It was build for sound quality rather than features. One thing it does not have compared to most other brands is automated room correction. It has filters than can be applied to each channel, but it is a manual process and requires having someone measure the room response while changing the filters. Of course, your AVP does not have room correction either. I believe the Bryson SP3 also does not have an automated room correction system.

You should also look at Anthem, like the Statement D2v 3D or the AVM 50v 3D. Anthem has always been know for the quality of its video options on its processors, whereas the Classe and Bryston are more audio systems with video passthrough.

Kal's articles are a great start.