The least amount of features you need on a AVR to receive lossless audio and take advantage of the formats is 5.1ch external inputs and have a blu-ray player that has 5.1 - 7.1 analog outs and internally processes those formats. This is the type of setup many people use that have old receivers that do not support HDMI.


BTW your Denon supports up to 7.1 ch analog external inputs. :).



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