If I could offer my 2 cents, I have the denon 2910, and use it to play DVD-A's and muti channel SACD's, it works great and is fairly easy to set-up, I upgaded[In my opinion] from a pioneer elite DV-45. I have'nt heard the Maranz, so I don't really know about them but have had the Denon for about a year and no problems [knock on wood].