Before I get to the review, I'd like to give a bit of background to clarify my level of experience and explain my situation. If you don't want to read it, you can skip straight to the actual review, labeled in red down below. Also, gratuitous tube pr0n is down at the bottom of the post. ;-)My piece of crap solid-state, Sony 5.1 receiver has finally died after nine years of service and, rather than replace it with an equally crappy updated model, I decided to take the plunge and drop a few hundred...
