This is really cool if you use Growl for notifications on your desktop and want to extend that to your iPhone.
Plus, one of the default sound effect choices is "Zoidberg".
Sorry Jim, I missed this. The info came from Jim Spainhour, who runs Peachtree.
I guess there are two possibilities. He meant the 9006 and miswrote. Or he meant the 9018 and miswrote. I suspect the latter, as the Nova already uses the 9006 and the implication seems to be it's a newer DAC chip.
Maybe at this point you should just get a new receiver? There are plenty of nice ones for < $500. Your wife will get some snazzy new AV features and won't have to tolerate an extra box to boot.