Falco, thanks for the super fast reply! About the 790, I'll try along the lines of your discussion with Justin, great. About the SONY 5700ES, I mistyped in an important way: I said "It claims it has the ability to be controlled via IR.", but it should be "... via IP". Looking at the Amazon product page http://www.amazon.com/Sony-STR-DA5700ES-Networked-Receiver-Streaming/dp/B005YOIY50 it claims controlability via IP, IR, RS232. And it surely is networked, it supports DLNA and Win 7 "play to". I want to use it from Win 7, but "play to" can only do a few things related to the media and is far from controlling the full receiver. The full manual is here: http://www.manualslib.com/download/229361/Sony-Str-Da5700es-Operating-Instructions.html Thanks for any help you can offer, it is much appreciated! Martin
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