From all my research into purchasing a reciever , I know I'm going to ask a question near impossible to answer. I'm first of all caught between two price points. The first is a Marantz SR4200 (my favorite choice) and the Onkyo TX595. Both of these are slightly above my budget(right now) . The other two recievers that are a little bit more resonable for me are the Onkyo TX494 and the Yamaha RX-V420. This will be the second addition to my HT set up. I have a DVD player already. My next purchase will be front speakers. Originally I was sure about purchasing a pair of Paradigm Titans. But I recently discovered axiom and the M3's have intrigued me. The set up will be in a basement rec room with a listening area aprox 10ftX15ft. The room in total will be about 20ftX15ft. I'm the process of finishing the basement now. So I will be posting lots of questions when I actually start to wire the room.