These are on my short list to replace my great Pio 45TX. Both of these are similar but it seems that the Denon has slightly more features and possibly 1 more Dolby support feature. However the SC-25 does have dual HDMI out (which could be solved w/ a cheap Monoprice splitter). One advantage to the Pio is that I am searching for just the right Kuro and they would pair well w/ the HDMI control.

I got my F.I.L. a Denon 2808 a while back and thought it was very good, so my Denon experience is positive too.

Does anyone have experience w/ these specific receivers? I know Denon won't be a problem and I personally like Pio Elite.