First time poster and long time reader.

I'm replaceing my Sherwood Newcastle R945 with another A/V receiver and found an Onkyo TX-SR800 for $499 at Circuit City open Box. The receiver seem to get good reviews but I could't find to much here in the disscussion area about it. I'm using the Energy Take 5.2 speakers and a B&W sub.

Is there another A/V receiver in the $500-$600 range that is new I should look at? My original receiver I want to go with was the HK 230 but I couldn't read the labels on the front. My 2nd choices was the Onkyo 601 but for the price I couldn't pass up the TX-SR800

Thoughts?

Thanks Greg