3rd it!

For the same money you can get a nice Yamaha, Denon, H/K, Onlyo or Marantz that will have more features than the 4 year old Sony receiver and will probably be superior in every other area as well. For just a little more money you can probably still find a Yamaha RX-V1400 which listed for $799.00 when it came out and was just recently replaced by the RX-V2500. The 2500 only has a few minor upgrades and the 1400 still holds up against just about any receiver in it's class.

JSE