The Denon 4311 and Onkyo 3008 list for $2000 and $2100 respectively, can be had for considerably less and include XT32, amongst many, many other features, including network connectivity and multi-channel amplifiers, all of which will be absent from the 978. I don't see any reason why XT32 in the 978 should be a pipe dream, especially at its anticipated (speculated?) price.