Thats why it's good to talk to others I never thought about switching channels, and considering the fact that the receiver won't tune in any am or fm channels for some reason I wouldn't be surprised if there are other inherent problems with it. It actually came free with the house when I bought it. : / I have been searching for a nice denon I can afford I wouldn't mind an old tube type amp but I'm horrible at understanding electronics and knowing a good one from a bad one would be all but impossible to me. and some of the ones I saw on the net were like 15 grand. Being almost 50 my eyes have already started to go I'm sure my ears won't be far behind. I will keep reading up on them maybe I might be crazy enough to try one, I read the thread on which amps go best with the Votts so I'm mulling over the info in my pea sized brain and considering them but a nice SS sounds just so easy to plug and play, it's very tempting too. I actually saw a cab that looked very simular to mine on the inside tonight it was a tru....sonic??? It actually had votts in it and and a port that looked like the same size as mine in the same configuration. :waver: