i looked at both sonys's 820 and 2400 and the onyko606 and the yamaha which was what hifi then budget selection but i went for the denon1909 it sounded the best with my montior audio br5's and the pure direct on cds is good it looks great did not run that hot and u can have hdmi vision and audio from opitcal when using sky a couple the hdmi kept overriding s6 5 was not getting true dd 5.1 that was about £425. All im saying is dont go with the stars all the time cause my amps a 4 star i would take time to look at the new denon 1910 shouls be a cracker.