Which AV receiver to buy??

Warlock,
In your latest post you refer to the HK as having mor reserve power (current) than is stated. Be advised that the Denon 3300 and above, as well as the Marantz line, are all rated the same way. The reserve currents are excellent.

On that note. beware of the denon 3300. That model had a noisy fan problem. That was 1 month ago, I know they had a fix but don't know where they are on that now. Barring that, performance wise I would lean to the 3801 then 4800 then 5800. The step to the 4800 is NOT (IMO) a very radical jump in performance, the jump to the 5800 is. Good luck on the hunt.
Gerry

Charles:
Sorry for the confusion, got the names mixed up. I was originally looking at the Denon 4800 (over the 3300 as the 3801 was not out yet) and thought it was a great performance jump. Then I decided to bite the bullet and go for the big guy. After the 3801 was released, I auditioned and thought it was very much like the 4800 in performance. With a price point such as this, I would expect the 4800 to either go away or become a 4801 (3801 with more power.)

PS I compared the Lexicon DC-1 / Rotel RMB-1095 combination against the Denon 5800. I could not detect any significant (to me anyway) differance. So I elected to go new 5800 ($2700 at an authorised dealer) over the DC-1 (1500 to 1800 used on the internet, couldnt check out before purchase, and was afraid of problems) and the RMB-1075 (cheaper than RMB-1095 at #1100). Many people might say I made a bad choice, but I am glad I did.

Gerry