I just set up a moderately priced home theater system for my brother in law and bought him the RX-V596 receiver. I bought it on line for much less than retail. The only thing I did not like is that the speaker terminals will only accept banana plugs or bare speaker wire. I think the Denon you are looking at has the same crummy terminals. I think both receivers do a good job. To be honest if you are going to use a sub-satellite speaker system you will not get the full benefit of the receivers.
