Charles(good-looking kids, by the way), there are some typos on the SN site and the 130 watt number is being misinterpreted a bit. A copy of the manual is
here . The basic specs to meet the FTC regs(they don't quite make it without the distortion number)are two channels driven, 100 watts, 20Hz-20KHz, 8 ohms. The 130 watt supplementary number is with only one channel driven at 1KHz and with higher distortion(still not into audibility). Some magazines test like that at 1KHz, so the number might be useful from that standpoint, although it isn't acceptable under the regs for the basic rating.
As to the price, on one of the false starts about three months ago $1799 had been announced as the supposed official list, although that may also change.
