Finally got the new amp late last week and hooked up over the weekend. All seems to be well again. I have yet to run Odyssey to get everything setup so i know the surrounds presently are set too loud for their locations. I might set them manually as well in case i prefer the sound without Odyssey. Hopefully i'll have time to run some curves so i can see the change in sound response.

One thing i didn't realize is that i think my old amp wasn't triggering on/off properly. The new amp definitely shuts off with the trigger, blue light goes out, audible click. With the previous amp, i don't recall a clear loud click, though i think there was something (but could also just have been the sound of the Denon shutting down) and the blue light never turned off.
I think all is finally well.

"Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."