Since you can get a Parasound 1800 for $899 brand new now, i really don't see much competition for it around. I had one and thought that it sounded the best out of the similarly priced Tuner / Pre / Processor's that i had tried at home. Keep in mind that at that time it was selling for about $1200 or so. It did have a few "quirks" that i didn't like, so i moved on. None of them were major and some of them might have been addressable, but i never checked into it. Quite honestly, the measurably more expensive Marantz and Denon units did not sound as good to me but none of these did exactly what i was looking for either. Other than that, the Sony might be worth checking into. It is programmable via computer downlinks and seems to be ever evolving. Sean
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