I would avoid NAD this go around. Wait till they are on their second or third generation HDMI units. With HDMI comes a whole new can of worms. Denon is clearly the leader with high bit rate audio processing. In two years the playing feild will be leveled as each manufacture learns from their mistakes, but for now, I'd stick with Denon. Even Yamaha, Onkyo and Pioneer are all still strugling with HBR audio in one form or another. The 08 line of Denons are rock solid.
One note of caution. I read in AVS that it may have some issues with surround backs when playing Master Audio. It's in the official denon 3808 thread over at AVS for those who are interested.
