No regrets here. I originally started with the 970/7075 combo. At the time, the performance for movies and in particular music was the best I had experienced. I easily sold the 7075 for almost the price I paid and bought a 7500 but used a Denon Reciever as a pre/pro. There were some obvious benefits such as HDMI connectivity and the lossless codecs. There was a decrease in sound quality in terms of music listening. The Denon works well (and has no glitches) but does not sound as good for CD listening. This is something that is important to me. There are lots of recievers with the latest and greatest. What I am waiting for is the Outlaw product that goes back to basics - that is good sound. Yeah, some good video switching/conversion and room calibration would be great, but what I really want is something to take me back 30 years.