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Probably not. Moving to an AVR capable of the lossless tracks will increase the dynamic range...which is what you are trying to avoid. All Directv STB and every BD player I've ever run across have DRC. Not sure if the Pioneer has DRC or not(many AVR call it "late night"), I have no idea. But...

That is what we all have home theatre. Movies(especially on BD) are mastered with 20db of headroom. Quite of bit of TV is mastered with 15db of headroom. If you don't like the dynamic range, turn on your DRC.