Looking to upgrade my receiver.

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I'm going to need to upgrade my Denon AVR 1908 really soon. Here is the future plans for my HT:

1) New Receiver
2) Emotiva XPA-3
3) Paradigm PDR-100
4) Emotiva UPA2

Now I'm on a budget and this is the order of things to be bought over the next 1-2 years. I'm looking to spend $500 on the receiver. I need the 7.2 with pre-outs. Looking around, most models look to be out of my price range, then I came across the Yamaha RX-V667.

http://ca.yamaha.com/en/products/aud...product_lineup

Anyone have feedback on this Yamaha unit? Or is there a better unit in my budget? Thanks