I too am going through the "what do I buy" thing with these recievers. The HK 7200 looks like a better deal, I'm finding it for around $800. I have found the Denon 3805 or $945. The HK is missing prologic IIx. Is it prologic IIx worth it? I do plan on running 7.1 which brings up another problem. Seems like you get more speaker hookups with the Denon for Zone II, which I need. I hate to lose the rear surrounds running zone II, but with the HK, it looks like you would be unhooking speaker wires to switch between your rear surrounds and your zone II speakers. Is there away around this? I'm pretty new to this HT stuff myself. I wonder how ya'll are not completely crazy (maybe you are) with the "which is better, can I afford this, did I make the right choice" questions that are keeping me awake at night.