I've been doing my research and had finally settled on the 1070 to finish upgrading my home theater. I already have:

Fronts: Boston VR-3 (8ohm)
Center: Boston VR-12 (8ohm)
Surrounds: Boston Bravo (6ohm)
Processor: Pioneer Elite 24txi

The Pioneer has served me well for the last 6 years, and I gave the new 74txi an audition. I came away pretty dissapointed.

Now the dilemma: the Boston AVR-7120 is on clearance at OneCall. I know this has the same preamp stage as the Outlaw 990 and I've read the comparison reviews between that and the 1070. Thus, on sound quality the 7120 comes ahead. The 1070 has the edge with DVI switching and future support.

Considering I only got approval to spend $1k from the wife, which route would be best.

Oh and 60/40 movies to music.

Michael