I splurged on the weekend (actually, 'splurged' isn't the operative word given that it was a cheap amp on sale, but anyway...) and bought a new Pioneer VSX-520K for my very modest 5.1 setup at home.

You love being immersed in spatial audio, but aren’t thrilled with the clutter that comes with the complexity of an A/V receiver and yards of speaker wire snaking around your room and climbing up its ...