Okay Pioneer lovers, I need your help. Long story short, there's an extremely good chance I'll be buying a new receiver in a week or two...
These two units have definitely caught my attention, and curiousity is getting the better of me. But what the hell is the difference between them aside from the cosmetics and a few goofy space age RS-232C connections that I won't ever use?

Is there anything notoriously better about the Elite receiver over the 1015TX unit? Are they infact the same chassis, platform, and componentry throughout? Salesperson was very nice, and I trust him, told me there's about a $150 difference between the units, but doesn't really know much more than. Just assumes that because "Elite" is on the front, it's better.

I'm not so sure....they're both built in Malaysia...same assembly line? Is that at all like those parallel Yamaha and Denon product lines?

Anyone know?