I got this thing last week, and at one eighty-four shipped; that is tough to beat. It was two forty nine retail in store or higher (plus tax). Not too keen on the remote .... kind of weak and not intuitive (lots of buttons, not too much funtionality ..... took me a while to figure out how to go to a station directly without using presets or seek). Also, just one other question that still puzzles me. How is this rated 7.1 if it is 6 X 90W???? Not too sure about that, but it is still a very good receiver at a great price. I had no problems setting up (probably because I didn't use the manual). More connections than I could ever possibly use ..... how much equipment do you people have and then why are you bottom dwellers not getting high-end HK and Onkyo components?? :) Pretty happy with the purchase overall.