After a couple months of agony I finally pulled the trigger and bought a 7700 and av7005. Set up was simple and at the moment of truth it worked perfectly. Anyone who is considering either of these components all I can say is wow !. I'm in love with my system again. I just shelved a denon 2310. I constantly fought it for the right settings. I loved my 3300 and got 10 years out of it. The move to separates has me happy thanks to outlaw and marantz. Blue jeans xlr. And oppo bdp 83.