@nevada_matt Fair enough! It's definitely not cheap, but figured it's at least a quality alternative to throw into the mix.
Marantz AV7706 11.2Ch 8K Ultra HD AV Surround Pre-Amplifier with HEOS®
Anyone have one of these who would like to share their experience?
I am contemplating upgrading my, almost 10 year old Onkyo 838.
Though it still functions as it did out of the box, it is getting a little long in the tooth and missing some functionaliy (8k, 4k120, Imax, etc) with no updates in years.
Starting to do comparisons. The Denon of the, seemingly, same “caliber” is a little less money.
Yet the Marantz offers XLR outs for those long cable runs.
I really don’t want to spend more than $3500 or so though. HT is just not a really big part of life.