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What's up! I have a few months before I'll be making any purchases, and for now I am focusing on recievers. My last setup I just had a $200 Pioneer 5.1 channel receiver. Doesn't even have bluetooth without a $150 adapter, lol. Anyway, my original price cap for a receiver was $2,000. So the Samsung 3070 was looking good, but a friend of mine keeps saying to get the Marantz over the Samsung and just pay the extra THOUSAND dollars. Even though the specs seem identical, and the Samsung even seems to edge out the Marantz in overall power. Do you guys have any input? My initial setup will be a 7.2, with the very real possibility of adding the 4 ceiling speakers down the road. Thanks