It's true that Dave doesn't have any Outlaw gear listed in his post, but there's always the future... We have never made ownership of Outlaw gear a pre-requisite for hanging around the saloon.

The Pioneer 59AVi has an HDMI output, but it doesn't say what version of HDMI it is (although I suspect it may be v1.0 since the specs don't mention carrying DVD-Audio over HDMI, which v1.1 supports). That's not too big a deal in your case, actually, since the AVM-20 has not HDMI input - HDMI can carry audio as well as video, but in your case you're going to want to use it for video only. The benefit to using that HDMI output (connected straight to your HDTV, assuming it has an HDMI or DVI input) is that the player will upsample the video to an HD resolution. It's not true HD (still comes from a 480i source), but it can look real nice. You'll still run a coaxial or optical cable to the AVM-20 as well as the multichannel analog audio cables for DVD-Audio and SACD.

If you want to stay with a universal player (DVD-Audio and SACD) and are willing to go back to Denon, the 2910 that Ritz suggests is a good option - it is quite a bit less money and actually scored slightly higher than the 59AVi in the Secrets benchmarks. Do you have many DVD-Audio or SACD discs in your library? If you haven't started investing in either format heavily, you might consider going with a more basic player.