I agree completely. I would never want to drive my speakers with a reciever that was built to drive 9 speakers. I plan on buying seperate amplifiers that are built for anything I put to them once I have a reason to upgrade (excellent processor). The only point I was making with the Denons is it is possible to use them as only processors with seperate amps to drive all 11 speakers but I wouldn't call that ideal or "excellent".