I've been reading through the posts on this site and can't seem to understand why everyone seems to be so negative towards the Yamaha receivers. I have just recently finished buying my HT and couldn't be more happy with the sound quality I am getting. Please tell me why you folks don't like the HTR line for Yamaha. I am running all Polk speakers, and had tested out Athena, Mirage,and JBL before buying. I think the Polk/Yamaha combination works great. I have spent alot of time setting up and tweaking my system, but I think it all comes down to personal preference. And for the price of the HTR line I think you get a great a value. I do realize that it is their lower line but I have friends with H/K , Dennon setups that sound just as good. Mine is the new model that has 85w/6 channels, and sounds great. Anyways I was just looking for some insight that maybe I am overlooking... Cheers.
Here is my setup
Hitachi 51F510 HDTV Yamaha HTR-5740s Polk RTI6 Fronts Polk CSI3 Center Polk R15 Rears Polks PSW10 Sub