Honestly, your response is completely arbitrary and thus beyond silly. Good luck eating and listening to what you like.This is a silly response. The reason I switched is that the Denon didn't sound that great to me and the Benchmark sounds much better. Its like food -- I will eat what I like and not food that doesn't taste good. Agree Benchmark pricing is also high, but they stand by their products and won't be going out of business or changing their models unless there is really a need.
And your comment about pricing of AVRs is IMO incorrect and happy to disagree on that point and discuss further.
Finally, would never think in my wildest imagination to acquire Benchmark products, although I do have a fair bit of very expensive components in my setup.