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Hey graphicsman,

Okay, new issue open for discussion. I've been scrambling to try and find a good deal on the RX-V659 here in Canada, and nothing seems to be cheap. All the stores I can find that carry it are Authorized Yamaha dealers, so they're set at $699. Importing from the US is an option, but with the reveiver costing $325-400 US and another $200 or so of shipping of duties/taxes, it''s no longer a great deal and also won't come with warranty. But, after some shopping, I found Futureshop has the Yamaha HTR5960 (nearly identical to the RX-V659, just no Zone 2 capabilities) and the Pioneer VSX-1016TXV on sale for $599 (both $100 off). I was considering the Pioneer before but due to price difference, I decided on the Yamaha. So it's up for grabs again since they're going to be the same price in the end. Now the deal gets a little better. If I go over to Bestbuy, which also sells the two models, I can pricematch and they also offer 10% of the reduced price. I figure that I may be able to talk them into giving me 15% off which would bring either units down to ~$510 + tax. So that sounds like a good enough deal since I would get the warranty and I have a 14 day grace period if I decide to return it for some reason.

So what do you guys think, Yamaha HTR5960 or Pioneer VSX-1016TXV?



Best Buy and Future Shop are the same company, so they aren't going to price match off each other's ads. You will notice that everything is priced the same. Besides, when they say 10% or whatever, they mean 10% of the difference, which in this case is 0.

I too am looking for the RX-V659 and pondering purchase from the US, but I'm actually going in person so I would avoid shipping. If you look through this board you will find that Hutzal got his for $500. When I asked at a local store here in the GTA, the lowest he was willing to go was $570 (18.5% off list), but I don't know if that included the Ipod Dock that they were throwing in at full price.

I got the impression that the $500 price was an accident, so I'll probably just go for the $570, because carrying a 30 pound receiver back from Texas in my luggage doesn't seem like the brightest idea.

Jared

M22s VP100 QS8s EP500 Yamaha RX-V659