So until today my plans were to pair an Epic 80 Home Theater (5.1) with a Denon 5308 AVR. I found a Denon dealer in Vancouver to go talk about price and of course he questions why I'm not going with Rotel (separates) instead of the Denon. I figure his mark-up is more on the Rotel, but that just might be Cynical.

Unfortunately I didn't have time to stay to listen to both side by side, but I'm going to head back later this week.

My room will be about 3800 square feet. The prices of the units are in the same ballpark.

Anyone with a strong opinion on Rotel?