If you look around you might find one of the earlier HK receivers being cleared out. I bought an HK 630 at a really good price when the x35s were announced; never would have been able to afford one at regular price.
If that deal had not happened along I would have purchased a 230 (that's what I went in to buy) and I expect I would have been very happy with it. I have run my speakers on an HK130 several times with great results.
As others have said, the HK's have a lower power rating but they really deliver that power even with all channels driven. Very few receivers can do that.
We're not necessarily saying that HKs are "better" because of that (although I bought one
), just that HK rates their amps with all channels driven while most other companies rate with 2 channels driven, giving a higher spec.
