Upgrading home theater, is it worth it?

Hi all,

I currently have a
TV: Sony KDS-55A2000 55"
Receiver: Yamaha HTR-5950
Speakers: Front L/R Athena WS-100. Center Athena WS-60, Rear surround, WS-15's and rear center, WS-60
Subwoofer: Klipsch Sub-12
DVD: Older samsung hdmi upconverting dvd player
Blu-ray: Sony BDP-460 - hooked up via tos-link for audio to yamaha, hdmi output to TV

My problem (mostly my own fault this time) was I purchased the Sony BDP-460 in impulse, seeing that I have never owned a blu-ray player, and upon hooking it up I noticed the new format of DTS-HD and the other new codecs were not compatible with my current receiver. I don't sit and listen to lots of music, this is mainly for home theater.

Yesterday I was teasing myself by going to magnolia (big mistake) and saw a closeout model Yamaha RX-V 1900 receiver for under what the internet has listed for price by 150 dollars, and I jumped on it, but only after having my stomach going in knots having made an investment in something that could very well be not much of an upgrade sound wise.

I hooked the new receiver up last night and was shocked that I couldn't get the DTS-HD light to come on, and it said PCM, I was not noticing any major difference in sound quality, to justify the 800 I spent on it.

My wife (not very happy with me), said she did not notice a major difference and thought it was a waste of money. (Helps to note, she's the one who pushed for our current setup as I got rid of all my old gear, years back, yamaha receiver with dolby pro-logic, crt tv etc.)

I got even more confused, since I don't keep up with gear 24-7, that the sound difference from what I had, to DTS-HD or any other HD audio format is barely if at all noticeable.

So I'm wondering if I made the wrong choice, and should have stuck with what I currently have. Is it worth keeping for down the road or should I wait, keep saving my fun money till things settle down and become more stable with regards to audio formatting, 7.1 8.1 etc somewhat getting a bit crazy now as I have a 6.1 setup and the new receiver doesn't have a input for a single center rear channel.

Any advice or input, push in the right direction, or tell me to put on the brakes would be greatly appreciated. This is really beating me up, if i'm hung up on specs, numbers, being overly picky.

Well damn!

I goofed on the blurray model number, it's a Bdp-s470 and from what I can tell there is only pcm or auto as a selection.

I just returned a panasonic cause the upscaling on standard DVDs was sub par. Wonder if I have to bring this one back too, if so what to get now?

Done deal! Definitely a huge improvement, let alone the receiver upgrade, but details I haven't heard before are now coming through. Only thing I am running into now is the hdmi cables.

One came with an old samsung up-converting unit, another is a brand new best buy dynex cable. If I have the dynex plugged in from the bluray to the receiver, then the older sammy cable going from the receiver to the tv, the receiver tries to decode, and the tv screen flickers ever few seconds. If I reverse this, no problem. Right now I have it hooked up with component cables from the bluray. I thought HDMI cables (aside from the networking and other 1.3/1.4 BS were the same) ?

Sorry just thought that it was the right forum, and did not want to add multiple threads when I could be efficient and only add one. I'll split them up and post.