Afternoon all. Here is the situation. I had recently bought a Yamaha Aventage 1030 receiver to drive my Klipsch RF82's and RC62 and Polk Rt800i rears. They sent me 2 of these receivers on accident and upon calling them 3 times, they never issued a call tag to pick it up. It has been 4 months now, so I sold it to a friend for about $100 less than what I paid for it. I found a good deal on a used 1 year old 7500 and snagged that up (glad I did) I am currently using it as a pre-amp for my 7500 and was wondering would it be beneficial to sell it and get the 975? Are the DAC's and video processing better? Any insight is much appreciated!

Wow, you should put that in the "Best Deal" thread

Honesty it's hard to tell if you would not any performance increase based on the specs alone. The Yamaha says it has Sabre DACs and 4K video processing, but do they implement it well?

Best thing to do would be to compare both units in your setup and see which you prefer. With the Outlaw trial period all you would be out is the shipping should you decide to return it.

The only thing I can tell you for sure is the 975 would be a lot easier on your back than the Yamaha.