Thanks folks. Appreciate the input. As I continued my research, I came across the Marantz 8004. Sounds like a really nice piece. I'll check out the other suggestions as well (I had a Cambridge Audio D500SE for many years. Pulled it out to help check what might be wrong last night and it fired up after years of being in the closet). I have to confess, issues I thought the Denon was giving me turned out to be self-inflicted. I corrected my mistake and things are sounding very good. Still have the yen to upgrade but not as pressing. Now wondering if use of the Denon as transport with an external DAC that can function as "clock master" (not quite sure that is the right way to put it) would be the better way to go. Although, another pice = more space, more wires, more things to break.
Thanks for your time. I actually did try to pull this post when I realized issues were due to mis-wiring on my part.
Thanks for your time. I actually did try to pull this post when I realized issues were due to mis-wiring on my part.