Alright, I guess I'll weigh in, too.

My choices are 1, 4, 9.

#1 is important because my speakers are all different sizes, and because of its general cool factor (few others have it).

#9 is important because I know I'll run out of digitial inputs on the 1050 or most other receivers very quickly.

#4, particularly DPL II, is important because I listen to a lot of 2 channel stuff, and because I'd like to be able to get a rear channel with DTS-ES and DD-EX.

#10 is close to #9 in importance, however, because it gives me the flexibility to add a recording device such as a minidisk or a CDR and get copies without a D-A-D conversion. #3 also comes close.

I'd say #12 is least important, followed by the tuner. The tuner will be useful initially but it probably won't be long before I add an external one. Its simply not possible to build into a preamp a tuner with all the features and functions you can find in stand-alone tuners. I'd rather have separates there.