Do you think that your Denon just naturally runs hot? Seems a little strange that it would be hot with the "majority" of the power load eliminated. My old Kenwood runs pretty cool even when I run it loud, but, then again, everyone knows that loud to me is not necessarily loud to them.

I thought that you said that you noticed a difference in the sound quality. With just the center? With just the fronts? With center and fronts?

By the way, the Samsung 6168s are being delivered. I hope to see one at Tweeters this weekend.

The Rat. M80s, VP-150, QS8s, SVS PC 20-39+, OPPO, Onkyo 703s, Harmony 880 Sony 60" SXRD HDTV