I’d say preouts are pretty important if you have any plans to upgrade further down the road

I can’t speak to features, but Yamaha still makes nice receivers at that price point. So I’d consider Yamaha, but i am not recommending for or against. I listened at Best Buy a couple of years ago. Across the 4 brands (Pioneer was at this store also) each sounded comparable at each price point but each brand had its unique sound.

The stereo purchasing thread will direct you to the home theater subreddit. Which seems to recommend Denon 9/10 times.

Get a second sub instead. You will not notice much difference at all between receivers unless there is a new feature you really need.

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