Onkyo,Denon,or Yamaha for DolbyDigital?


I was wondering if any body here has used either of these three for Dolby Digital and how did they perform SQ wise and which one or ones had the most life like impact? I have an Onkyo that I use just for music and I'm looking to get a D.D. system and need some feed back,these brands are in my budget,which is around $700. Any suggestions?
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Agreed, @kgb540. Yamaha tends to be more reliable in my experience. I work for an AV company in the NE and the amount of dead Onkyo and Denon pieces I’ve pulled from client’s cabinets is staggering. Yamaha RX-A2A + up, or any of the Sony STR-AZ receivers above the 1000ES would be my recommendation. 

@mulchy Just fyi, this thread is 24 years old.  But I agree that Yammy is much more reliable than pretty much all the others out there, which is not a small thing, plus they’re among the best sounding AVRs as well IME.