Driving Vandys (or any good speaker) with a mass market AVR is an insult and self defeating. If you need the AVR in there for processing and driving center and surround speakers get a decent stereo integrated amp (preferably with an HT bypass input) and hook the front L/R preouts from the Denon into the integrated. Your Vandys will reward you greatly for it and not hate you for driving them with a lowly AVR. Ugh.