Michael,
I was the owner of a Pioneer 1014tx, the predecesor of the 1015. I was trying to replace an older Yamaha. I wanted to give DPL2 a try, and felt the 1014 was an economical way of doing this. I may be the only person who did not like this receiver, judging from the many positive reviews that appeared at many message boards. When I adjusted the channel levels upwards, the sound distrorted badly. I ended up with a Denon AVR 1083, the cousin of the 3803, which I judged to be better. I still yearn for my Yammy, though. I definitely didn't miss the Pioneer. I couldn't get it back in the box and out the door fast enough. It's my opinion, that you could get a low end Yamaha for close of the cost of the Pioneer, which would best it by a large margin. It could have been that only the one I had was broken, and yours is a fine example of Pioneer electronics.
