yeah, what i want first and foremost is preamp sound quality and the latest decoding, like Dolby True HD.

someone told me that, for one thing, preamp outputs in receivers are more noisy than those on prepros.

i think i'll be looking at prepros instead.

right now, i'm having a look at Integra DHC-40.2
and Marantz AV7005

See: http://www.blu-ray.com/community/gallery.php?member=Gelli
or: Axiom Gallery