John,

The rear channels are 130W each. The front are 130W each. The speaker system consists of bass and mids/highs. 130W to the bass and 130W to the mids/highs = 260W for the speaker system.

This particular amp and I believe one of the THX-certified Onkyos have this capability unless I am missing something fundamental. This flexible assignment of channels is something that could have been done a long time ago and I don't understand why it's coming of age now.

Now it's not only BrotherBob, Wid and MarkStephenJohnson that can blow their brains out. We all can...on the cheap \:D .

House of the Rising Sone
Out in the mid or far field
Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated