Thanks, all for the welcomes and advice! Yes, I'm trying to avoid the slippery slope while gathering a quality (yet reasonable) setup.
Budget right now is $0 :), but have seen used Denon 2XXX series for ~$200, so will stay on the lookout.
Next question: can the AVR sometimes be a bottleneck with HD audio sources? I've streamed several 48bit/96K and DSD recordings to my PS3, but they either don't read at all or come out as pink noise. Doing some research, but the topic can be confusing.
Any insight would be helpful! Thank you.
