I am not a mod obviously. My opinion does not really matter. I just thought the forum would be a bit cleaner if these were posted in the general Emotiva thread.
It might get a bit annoying if every time someone loves or hates a brand a thread needs to get created for types of owners. This is a very busy forum, so fewer threads seems helpful, at least to me.
I agree about Yamaha, Denon etc. The number of threads is a bit annoying, but they serve a purpose of addressing specific product lines. I have suggested before that the amp/receiver forum have a sub forum for product specific threads, as I think that would make them easier to find - but people new to this forum might get confused by that.
Or maybe there should be separate recommendation threads for each price range. Seems silly to have a new "I am looking for a sub $400 receiver" every day when so much info can be repeated.