Wow, I just ordered a 970! Now it seems I'm regretting the decision. I had been set to go with the Denon 2807 http://www.audioholics.com/ces/CESprocessors/DenonAVR2807receiverCES.php but read a few reviews of the 970/7075 combo and was convinced to go that way. It seems pretty much everyone using digital source material is having the audio cut problem. I can't believe the product made it to market with no one noticing this. I regularly do beta testing for some large clients (microsoft/EA/et al) and it's normally such an exhaustive process that nothing this obvious could possibly slip through.

My units haven't even arrived yet and I'm already disappointed.