Compared to the competitors, I'd have to say it's female due to it's lack of unnecessary bulk. :-)
As far as sexiness goes... I like the case a lot, but I still don't like the gazillion orange lights that are always on. It looks better turned off than on, which to me is odd for a receiver. It'd be nice if the non-indicator lights could be turned off or on a timer (say 10 seconds after use of the front panel). However, considering how well it has worked out for me, I can overlook the orange lights. There are uglier things in my rack (ancient VCR that hasn't been used in over a year, for example). I shouldn't need a new receiver in the family room for a very long time.
The one thing it's missing... pre-out/main-in loop. I miss having the DSP8024 in the loop for 2-channel sources. Maybe it's time to burn all my CDs to mp3 and get the AES/EBU I/O option for the DSP8024 and just stick it between digital out on the HTPC and the receiver input.
