Yeah, not much of a hobby if there is no improvement to be gained and no decisions to be made. Hell, I improved my system just be getting advice on better speaker placement and doing some work with the graphs. I picked my AVR based on those damned magazines, and have been very happy. But if the "one-size fits all, its all the same" approach works for you, all the better for you.

For the rest of us, we'll keep tweaking and trying to find values and improved sonics.

Panny 3000 PJ, 118" Carada, Denon 3300, PS3, Axiom QS8, PSB 5T, B&W sub, levitating speaker wire