I am new to this forum... I have been thinking about upgrading to seperates and looking at Emotiva also. What I can't figure is the price. Every other amp I have looked at is twice the price. I kind of checked out ATI, B&K, Adcom, I have read all the reviews on all the various magazine sites. Tough call
I am missing the latest HDMI inputs and Bluray sound formats. I run my OPPO through the analog outs. I too am not sure about the processing of the Denon I have. I use to run a Sony DA4ES and have always felt it had more of a WOW factor than the Denon.