Erik, I didn't go into detail, but I don't believe in staying with a particular brand if a different one has a better performance/price ratio. To mention two features that would be significant to me, the 8002 lacks the networking feature included in the RC180 and it has a dated version of Audyssey MultEQ which doesn't have the significant recent improvements, particularly DynamicEQ and Dynamic Volume.

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Enjoy the music, not the equipment.